Bio: W. Joseph Buckworth

Bio: W. Joseph Buckworth

W. Joseph Duckworth is the President of the Arcadia Land Company, a leading Smart Growth Developer. Arcadia is creating new urbanist and conservation development communities in New Mexico, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Duckworth is also President of Bryn Eyre, Inc. the general partner of Bryn Eyre, LP, which has purchased 3000 acres in Morgantown, PA to create a new town which is planned to include 12000 homes and 5 Million square feet of commercial development. Bryn Eyre and Arcadia’s Sadsbury Park community, a new urbanist village expansion in Chester County have both won recognition from the Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance. Mr. Duckworth was named NATIONAL BUILDER OF THE YEAR for 1992 by Professional Builder magazine.

Mr. Duckworth was a member of the Chester County Planning Commission from 1992 to 2002 and served as its Chair for the most recent three years of his term. He sits on the Board of Trustees of the Natural Lands Trust, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, the Franklin Institute, and The National Constitution Center (NCC). He serves on the Board of Overseers for the Penn Design, the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design. He is the former Chair of the Residential Council of the Urban Land Institute (Blue Flight).

Mr. Duckworth has served as a faculty member of the Mayor’s Institute on City Design. He is a contributing author to Land Use in America, published in 1996. He has lectured professionally on development issues at the Wharton School and on urban design and planning at the Penn Design and at Temple University. Professionally, he has spoken at meetings of the Urban Land Institute, the National Association of Home Builders and at national Smart Growth Conferences.

Mr. Duckworth is a member of the World Presidents’ Organization (WPO) and the Chief Executives’ Organization (CEO). He was the founding International Chairman of the Wharton Presidents’ Seminar for YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization). He is an Advisory Board member of Robertson Brothers, a community developer in Michigan. In 1993, he was named as Philadelphia Business Journal’s “Entrepreneur of the Year in Real Estate.”

Mr. Duckworth is the former President and CEO of Realen Homes, a prominent builder of residential communities. Under his stewardship, Realen grew to $100 million per year and expanded from its Philadelphia base into the Chicago market. He was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Toll Brothers. He has a BS degree from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Joe and his wife, Loretta, have four grown children and reside in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

ABOUT ARCADIA
Arcadia's founding partners were brought together by a single purpose - to create walkable neighborhoods in harmony with nature. Inspired by great old towns like Annapolis, Santa Fe, and West Chester and great new towns like Seaside, Celebration, and Kentlands, Arcadia develops “smart” communities in cities, suburbs and rural settings.