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Aligning your Community Resources with your Plan

Discover the basic need for planning, the political environment, and the benefits of planning in this informative session. Learn about available resources for implementation and how to align your community planning efforts with political realities.

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Aligning your Community Resources with your Plan

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  1. Aligning your Community Resources with your Plan Jim Summerbell, AICPPlanning Consultant, Jacobs President, Georgia Planning Association Community Planning Institute Athens, GA November 15, 2018

  2. Topics Do you have any questions about these topics before we get started? • Basic need for planning • Political environment • Benefits of planning • Resources for implementation

  3. Basic Need for Planning • Comprehensive Plan • Qualified Local Government Status • Zoning defense • Even when plans are not required, local jurisdictions will often still do them • Just a part of good governance Is your Comprehensive Plan viewed as a useful tool, or a requirement?

  4. Related planning efforts • Budgets • Strategic Plans • Sustainability Plans • Vision Plans or Master Plans • Capital Facility Plans • Resiliency Plans • Consolidated Housing Plans • Comprehensive Transportation Plans • Natural resource protection plans • Small area plans, such as LCIs

  5. When are the key decisions made? • Board or Council Retreat • Policy work sessions • One on one conversations • After an election • Did an election change the community vision? Align your planning effort with political realities

  6. Political Environment • Plans are solution oriented • Yet planners and the plans they make are not always viewed favorably • Beware of unintended consequences • Adjust when needed • Always demonstrate the benefits in terms that will resonate with your audience • Foster a sense of ownership in the plan

  7. Benefits of Planning • Good economics, encourages investment • Raise public awareness • Provides useful information • Leads to coordination and collaboration • Grows community capacity and networks • Prepares for external threats or anticipated issues • Relatively small investment with big returns

  8. Grants - Resources for implementation • APA - JP Morgan Chase grants • Community Development Block Grants • NOAA Resiliency Grants • EPA Healthy Community Grants • Safe Routes to School Grants • Etc.

  9. Questions? Jim Summerbell, AICP Planning Consultant, Jacobs 10 Tenth Street, NW Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 978-7579 Jim.Summerbell@jacobs.com

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