Planned community only rudimentary elements of planning. The first comprehensively planned town was Charles Town (later Charleston, South Carolina), which was founded in 1670, planned in 1672, and relocated in 1680. Later planned cities were Philadelphia, 1682; Albany, 1695; Williamsburg, 1699; Annapolis, 1718; New York City 1731 (redesigned by the British);and Savannah, 1733; New Haven, 1748 (with an early plan dated 1638); and Alexandria, 1749. The national capital (Washington, D.C.), and several state capitals (Jackson, Mississippi; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Raleigh, North Carolina; Columbia, South Carolina; Madison, Wisconsin; Salt Lake City, Utah; Tallahassee, Florida; and Austin, Texas) were essentially carved out of
Jean-Pierre L. Conte Jean-Pierre L. Conte Jean-Pierre L. Conte is a businessman, philanthropist and policy entrepreneur. In 1995, Conte joined Genstar Capital, LLC and currently serves in the capacity of Chairman and Managing Director. In these roles he is in charge of: acquisitions, divestitures and the supervision of portfolio companies. Under his stewardship, Genstar has grown from having $100million of assets under management to $10 billion. Conte has been a Director of the following firms: Altra Industrial Motion, Inc., BioSource International Inc., Boyd Corporation, Confie Seguros, eResearch Technology, Installs Inc., MW Industries, Inc., NACG Preferred Corp, Netsmart Technologies, Nevamar Holdco, LLC., North American