Smarter Land Use Project

(908) 625-0638 karl@landuse.org http://landuse.org

 
 
A guidebook for building trust and achieving effective collaboration among neighbors, developers, city planners, and environmentalists

190 pages. ISBN097050690-2

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Eight chapters show you the way:
Chapter 1. Collaborative Planning : Who? What? Why? How?
Chapter 2. The Collaborative Planning Process
Chapter 3. Q & A About Collaborative Planning
Chapter 4. How to Work With the Developer
Chapter 5. Aerial Photos and Project Modeling Materials
Chapter 6. How to Design Community-Enhancing Projects
Chapter 7. The Master Plan and Collaborative Planning
Chapter 8. History of the Smarter Land Use Project

Plus an Appendix and a CD full of forms you can use:

  Checklist of community-enhancing features
Cutouts of recreational facilities and buildings

Download the chapters and forms Free. Or order the book and CD, for $29.

The interactive CD includes each of the forms in the Appendix ready for customization and other useful audio and video information.

Planning Board Letter to developers
Planning Board Letter to neighbors
Invitation to a stakeholders meeting
Sample Agenda for a stakeholders meeting
Update Letter to the planning board after the stakeholders meeting
Consensus Checklist :The basis for (re)building trust
Or call 1-800-247-6553 anytime to order; or mail in the Order Form with your check. Collaborative Planning Guidelines for the planning board to adopt

Complete with sample meeting agendas and hundreds of remarkable testimonials, the Collaborative Land Use Planning guidebook by Karl Kehde is the result of twelve years of hands-on learning and teaching in 48 land developments in as many different communities in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida and Washington. The research was funded by some twenty philanthropic foundations including the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Victoria Foundation, and the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.

This citizen's guidebook provides all land development stakeholders with proven, do-it-yourself procedures for rebuilding trust and for designing and gaining approvals for community-enhancing land development that specifically improves local property values, reduces traffic congestion, enhances natural and historic resources, and builds community spirit

To view the PDF files, you may need to download the free Adobe Acrobat® Reader®. You are welcome to download the guidebook or any chapter or form at no charge.

 

Francis Gavin

 

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