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Planning and You

Community planning shapes how a community grows and develops, considering residents’ needs from social to environmental aspects. Learn how planning choices impact your lifestyle, environment, and future. Discover the role of planners and key planning tools.

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Planning and You

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  1. Planning and You

  2. What is planning? • Helps guide how a community grows and develops • U.S. population expected to reach 400 million by 2043. • Considers all resident needs • Looks at the “big picture” • What are the community’s current and future needs? • Examines issues from all angles • Social, environmental, hazard, physical

  3. What is planning? • Planning is comprehensive and • community-focused, and enables • greater choices for residents.

  4. Let’s look at how planning impacts you.

  5. How do you get to school or work? • Do you: • Drive (solo or car pool) • Take the bus or train (mass transit) • Walk • Bicycle • Other

  6. Where do you live? • Do you live in an: • Urban setting • Suburban neighborhood • Rural community

  7. What is your residence? • Stand-alone home • Apartment • Condominium • Town house • Other

  8. Planning gives you choices. • Where you want to live • How you want to commute • The type of house you live in • Where you play or spend your leisure time

  9. Planning benefits your community • Maintains neighborhood character • Reduces environmental impacts • Provides protection from natural and man-made disasters • Preserves parks and open space • Helps determine where buildings, businesses, homes, and roads will be located (or sited)

  10. Who are planners? • Professionally educated and trained • Visionaries with a comprehensive view • Ability to address the challenges of growth and change within a community • Many achieve certification and advanced specialty certification • By the American Planning Association’s professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)

  11. Planners address challenges • Housing affordability • Commute times • Obesity • Pollution and air quality • Safety concerns • Sustainability

  12. Some planning tools • Comprehensive plan • Guides overall community growth and development • Zoning • Classifying land uses into different ‘zones’ • Design standards • Set of guidelines regarding the architectural appearance of a building • Graphic Information System (GIS) • Computer-based system for generating maps • Think of Google Earth

  13. Learn more about planning • Attend local planning commission meetings • Follow planning stories in your community • Read planning books • Explore planning as a career choice • Join the American Planning Association (APA)

  14. American Planning Association (APA) • Membership and education organization • Represents more than 40,000 members nationwide: • Professionals, business leaders, elected officials, citizens, students, educators • Advocates for good planning practices • In communities, legislatures, and courts • Encourages engaging the entire community in planning decisions

  15. National Community Planning Month • Annual celebration in October • Celebrates the benefits of planning in our communities. • Increases awareness about the importance and need for planners and planning. • This year’s theme is “Healthy Communities, Healthy People” • Visit: www.planning.org/ncpm

  16. Examples of planning in [town name] • Example 1 (add picture if available) • Example 2 • Example 3

  17. Resources • APA www.planning.org • Association Collegiate Schools of Planning www.acsp.org • Local planning department [include link information] • [Local APA chapter]

  18. Resources • Suggested reading: • Citizens Guide to Planning (4th ed.) • The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs • High Cost of Free Parking by Donald Shoup • Smart Growth in a Changing World by Jonathan Barnett • True Urbanism by Mark Hinshaw • Visit APAPlanningBooks.com for more titles

  19. Contact • American Planning Association (APA) • 312.431.9100 • PublicInfo@planning.org • www.planning.org

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