General Background Stella, Missouri

1. General BackgroundStella, Missouri Application of Sustainability Criteria to the Village of Stella, MO for Regional Revitalization Boston, Massachusetts 0845 hrs – 16 November 2006

2. EPA Mission “To protect the environment and human health. “ • Context • ‘To protect’ is a planning issue. • Must be done with lower budgets, fewer scientists, less time. 6

3. ‘Sustainability’ – the concept • Premise: Without humanity all natural systems would evolve, but remain intact. • Theory: An environment with humanity will remain intact if the built environment retains the essential attributes of natural systems*. *Must address social and economic systems. • Essential Attributes = Planning Criteria 7

4. Sustainability Performance Criteria Filters

5. Sustainable development–the Goal How can development create “livable, inspiring, enduring, and equitable places…where the quality of life and the long-term quality of human existence will be enhanced rather than depleted?” (Timothy Beatley and Kristy Manning, The Ecology of Place (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, p. 2) 6

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8. Why EPA? – Why Stella? • SMARTe* beta test • ‘Sustainable’ development tools are un-tried. • We need to learn. • Potential post-studies. • Stella wants to benefit from our learning. • Stella is motivated to change. • Stella is small. • Is increasing pressure to change. * (Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools – electronic) 6

9. 1900 http://maproom.missouri.edu/animation/popden10y_s.html

10. 1910 http://maproom.missouri.edu/animation/popden10y_s.html

11. 1920 http://maproom.missouri.edu/animation/popden10y_s.html

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18. 1990 http://maproom.missouri.edu/animation/popden10y_s.html

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21. ` 47,183 807 141 ` 1363 2152 ` 250 156 10,505 ` Newton County 52,636 692 178 1183 5 miles 20 miles 15 miles 10 miles

22. Problem Framework • Current population ~178 ----stable • Area ~0.5mile x 0.5mile≈0.25 miles2 • Developable Area ~1.5 miles2 • Regulations: No zoning, planning, codes, approval • Political structure: Mayor • Environmental compliance: Federal, State statutes • Taxes: Federal, State, and Local • Mean Household Income ~ $

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35. What do citizens of Stella value? • What is livable? • What is inspiring? • What is enduring? • What is equitable? • What is quality of life? • What does the town do well for the 178 people who live here? • What are its small successes? • What makes it a good place to live? 16

47. Our expectations - • Understand what is involved in sustaining the environment, society, and economy. • Determine a predictable way to ‘protect’ environment and human health • Save $ and time lost - if we don’t ‘protect’. • Define a strategy and tools to breathe new life into communities. • Learn how to scale-up sustainable planning for larger communities. 6

48. Our Challenge • To identify appropriate spaces for development • To identify criteria of intact social, economic, and environmental systems and sustainable responses. • To integrate community Needs/Values with requirements of intact nat/soc/econ systems • To learn from successes and failures Today Tomorrow