Steering Committee Meeting #5 From Ideas to Actions February 27, 2013

1. Steering Committee Meeting #5 From Ideas to Actions February 27, 2013

2. Agenda • Welcome and Introductions • Brief Project Overview and Update • Discussion of the Preferred Scenario • Recommendation & Implementation Action • Preview of Workgroup Session #3 • Closing Thoughts, Around-the-Room

3. Brief Project Overview & Update

4. Process Overview

5. Summary of Outreach: Statistics Total survey respondents by method: SEALY TO UPDATE Total survey respondents & meetings by county:

6. Summary Input Statistics Small group meetings by grantees SEALY TO UPDATE Outreach by LOSRC Staff

7. Small Group Meetings • Residents of Carolina Village Retirement Community • Oakley Farmer’s Market Organizing Committee • Slavic Church Band • Homeless Veterans Support Group • Hillcrest Community Resident Council • Latino high school students

8. Other outreach • Madison Rotary Club • Henderson County Young Professionals • WNC Health Network • Aging Advisory Council • Cultural Alliance • Honors High School Biology students • Livestock Auction in Haywood County • Transition Asheville

11. Regional Plans Provide the framework to help us understand what to do…

12. Regional Plans  Local Implementation • But the how, when, who and the where is decided on a local level. • Programs • Policies • Plans • Projects

13. The Preferred Scenario

14. The Path to a Preferred Scenario SEALY TO UPDATE Public Meetings Small Group Meetings Online Participation

15. Elements of Each are Important Explanation of Business as Usual SEALY TO UPDATE

16. Preferred Outcomes

17. Voting Results: Outcomes

18. Outcomes Tied to Model Assumptions

19. Outcomes Define the Preferred Scenario: Key Themes • Enhancement & Protection of Natural Resources • Key to economic, social & environmental well-being • Economic Prosperity & Diversity • Equity in geography, scale and type of businesses and jobs • Accessibility & Connectivity • Local and Resilient

20. The Preferred Scenario • Regional Vision for the Future • Maximizes Public Preference • Tool for Local Decision-Making

21. 5 PS Preferred* Regional Vision of the Future *Based on outcome based voting from public meetings, small groups, and online survey

22. Preferred Scenario: Land Use Model Preserve Viewsheds Invest in infrastructure that allows more jobs to locate in rural centers Encourage growth where infrastructure exists and reuse of brownfields and abandoned shopping centers Preserve farmland and ecological corridors

23. Scorecard Performance Compared to BAU Worse Same Better Best

24. Maximizing Public Preference Voting used to Determine Model Weights

25. Local Decision Making Tool

26. Ideas to Action

27. Regional Plans Provide the framework to help us understand what to do…

28. Ideas to Action: Implementation • The how, when, who and the where is decided on a local level. • Programs • Policies • Plans • Projects

29. Implementation • GroWNC Region: A Lab for Innovation Farm to Fryer to Fuel, Buncombe County • Expand or Enhance Existing Initiatives • Introduce New Initiatives Community Gardens, Hendersonville Wind for Schools, Madison County

30. Water is clean and plentiful

31. Model Results: Water is clean & plentiful

32. ImplementationWater is clean & plentiful. • Continue support for existing protection • Improve use of BMPs in agriculture and site design • Evaluate Improved Riparian Buffers per Recommendations from NC Wildlife Green Growth Toolbox (i.e. vary dependent on needs of watershed)

33. ImplementationWater is clean & plentiful. French Broad Stewardship Award Friends of the River Awards • Programs

34. Scenic beauty is maintained as the region develops

35. Model Results: Scenic beauty is maintained as the region develops Source: Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation

36. ImplementationScenic beauty is maintained as the region develops Considerate Design • Programs Source: Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation

37. Farming and forestry remain key elements of the economy.

38. Model Results: Farming & forestry remain key elements of the economy

39. ImplementationFarming and forestry remain key elements of the economy. • Projects

40. Abandoned industrial sites and shopping centers are redeveloped.

41. Model Results: Abandoned industrial sites and shopping centers are redeveloped.

42. ImplementationAbandoned industrial sites and shopping centers are redeveloped. • Flexible Zoning • Redevelopment Incentives K-MartCharter School, Charlotte, NC Borders BookstoreSkating Rink, Mansfield, MA K-MartCounty Library, Lebanon, MO

43. Plant and animal habitats are connected and healthy.

44. Model Results: Plant and animal habitats are connected and healthy.

45. ImplementationPlant and animal habitats are connected and healthy. • Engineer landscape level connections • Education of benefits of LID principles in site design • Encourage through promotion of existing and new certifications • Programs Source: Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation

46. Healthcare is affordable and accessible

47. Implementation Healthcare is affordable & accessible. Healthy Aging Collaborative • Programs

48. There are more quality, high-wage jobs

49. There are more job opportunities in rural areas.

50. Implementation There are more quality, high-wage jobs and job opportunities in rural areas.