This document discusses an upcoming steering committee meeting to develop scenarios and plans for a livable Frederick community. It will involve creating a community vision, exploring different growth scenarios, and evaluating them to determine which elements best achieve the vision. The top scenarios will then inform updates to existing plans and policies to guide the community towards its preferred future.
Lost in translation: Engaging Immigrants in the Planning ProcessHanan Awaad
Planners work hard to create livable cities and understand the importance of walkable neighbourhoods. However, little is known about the perceptions of immigrants from varying cultural backgrounds in this regard.
The presenter will offer an overview of the findings of a study of Muslim women regarding their perceptions and attitudes about living in the suburbs. The intent of the study was twofold: to identify differences between the perceptions of planning professions and those of members of the Muslim community living in the suburbs; to gain an understanding of an effective participatory process for engaging differing cultural groups.
Community Planning - Making it or Faking it? Design Guidelines for Smarter G...brickindustry
No community intentionally embarks on a path to being just an “OK” place. But many communities are beginning to realize that redevelopment built under the guise of Smart Growth, results in little more than infill McMansions, high, density, townhouse clusters and strip mall makeovers. This type of development may look different but it falls short of building upon the visual character that makes a community unique.
Coming out of the recent economic recession communities everywhere are facing a new planning paradigm – sprawl is not sustainable. Changing demographics, a new interest in public health, environmental concerns and a desire for energy efficiency are topics influencing the planning conversation as more and more communities adopt principles to promote smart growth to guide infill and redevelopment.
The issue is that redevelopment built under the banner of smart growth often reflects the latest in design-build construction with no regard for existing building form, architectural style or materials. This pattern book approach of smart growth may be “compatible” with surrounding development but robs a community of the character that makes it a great place.
This presentation was put together for planners who are interested in developing design guidelines or updating existing guidelines that will ensure smart growth reflects the distinctive and unique character of their community … making it a great place.
The presentation will identify:
1. The legal framework at the federal and local level that gives communities the authority to regulate aesthetics, character and materials;
2. The policy and regulatory tools available at the community level for implementing character;
3. The process for engaging the public to define the character that will make their community a great place.
What Love Looks Like in Philanthropy: Shared Power and Transparency Larry Polhill
What Love Looks Like in Philanthropy: Shared Power and Transparency https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2018/8/3/what-love-looks-like-in-philanthropy-shared-power-and-transparency
Lost in translation: Engaging Immigrants in the Planning ProcessHanan Awaad
Planners work hard to create livable cities and understand the importance of walkable neighbourhoods. However, little is known about the perceptions of immigrants from varying cultural backgrounds in this regard.
The presenter will offer an overview of the findings of a study of Muslim women regarding their perceptions and attitudes about living in the suburbs. The intent of the study was twofold: to identify differences between the perceptions of planning professions and those of members of the Muslim community living in the suburbs; to gain an understanding of an effective participatory process for engaging differing cultural groups.
Community Planning - Making it or Faking it? Design Guidelines for Smarter G...brickindustry
No community intentionally embarks on a path to being just an “OK” place. But many communities are beginning to realize that redevelopment built under the guise of Smart Growth, results in little more than infill McMansions, high, density, townhouse clusters and strip mall makeovers. This type of development may look different but it falls short of building upon the visual character that makes a community unique.
Coming out of the recent economic recession communities everywhere are facing a new planning paradigm – sprawl is not sustainable. Changing demographics, a new interest in public health, environmental concerns and a desire for energy efficiency are topics influencing the planning conversation as more and more communities adopt principles to promote smart growth to guide infill and redevelopment.
The issue is that redevelopment built under the banner of smart growth often reflects the latest in design-build construction with no regard for existing building form, architectural style or materials. This pattern book approach of smart growth may be “compatible” with surrounding development but robs a community of the character that makes it a great place.
This presentation was put together for planners who are interested in developing design guidelines or updating existing guidelines that will ensure smart growth reflects the distinctive and unique character of their community … making it a great place.
The presentation will identify:
1. The legal framework at the federal and local level that gives communities the authority to regulate aesthetics, character and materials;
2. The policy and regulatory tools available at the community level for implementing character;
3. The process for engaging the public to define the character that will make their community a great place.
What Love Looks Like in Philanthropy: Shared Power and Transparency Larry Polhill
What Love Looks Like in Philanthropy: Shared Power and Transparency https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2018/8/3/what-love-looks-like-in-philanthropy-shared-power-and-transparency
As Tecnologias Ambientais são aplicadas à construção sustentável de forma a preservar os principais recursos como água e energia numa edificação, assim como evitar o gasto com manutenções.
Conheça nesta apresentação as principais perspectivas para este mercado nos próximos anos.
Resultados generales 4a reunión 24 de julio de 2016UTTA OSPAT
El Nuevo Hipódromo de Las Flores comunica los resultados generales de la 4ª reunión del año, que se disputó hoy, con un gran acompañamiento del público. El Clásico Independencia fue para Clara Oscuridad.
“Planning for Future Funding: How to create a community comprehensive plan with federal funding in mind”
Thinking about federal grants when developing a comprehensive plan for your community can help you get a head start on successfully applying, submitting and receiving federal funding.
Detailed comprehensive plans and federal funding grants need some of the same elements to thrive. Writing about the vision for investing in a community’s empty brownfields, affordable housing and economic development needs, and health issues can serve as a platform in applying for federal grants. These aspirations, when effectively written and documented, can be used as the basis for grant applications. If a community identifies its needs as part of the planning process, it can, as part of a continuous proposal building process, pinpoint which grants will help meet those needs.
Federal grants are available for communities with an integrated vision for connecting economic development, community development, and environmental protection to create greater livability.
Illinois ResourceNet (IRN) and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMPA) are working together on a series of free webinars to help communities strengthen their capacity to apply successfully for available federal funding opportunities.
In this webinar, “Planning for Funding: How to create a comprehensive plan with federal funding in mind,” Deborah Orr, EPA Region 5 Brownfields Coordinator, will moderate the session and explain why comprehensive community planning should be an integral part of the federal funding process.
Michael McAfee, Community Planning and Development Representative with HUD's Chicago office, will demonstrate how to use a comprehensive plan and the sustainable practices built into it to facilitate the continuous development of federal funding proposals.
Susan Kaplan, technical assistance provider for Illinois ResourceNet at the University of Illinois, will offer examples of how a community plan can be used to help identify relevant federal grant opportunities and develop persuasive grant applications.
Free Webinar held on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Addressing Obesity In The Latino Community Through Community-based Advocacy In Baldwin Park
Alfred Mata, Local Policy Specialist, California Center for Public Health Advocacy.
Community in Economic Development - Brent D. HalesBrent Hales
This presentation was my presidential address at the joint annual meeting of the Community Development Society and Rural Sociological Association held in Boise, ID, July, 2011.
Isa Gaillard, Senior Program Manager at The Greenlining Institute gave this presentation at Forth Roadmap Win Federal Funding for Electric Mobility in Your Community workshop on Monday, May 15, 2023.
How to Use HealthyCity.org to Influence PolicyHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to inform and communicate your advocacy and policy goals. Integrating the data and tools available on HealthyCity.org into your organizational advocacy and policy strategies can broaden efforts to influence decision-making at the local, state, and federal level.
In this training you will learn how to:
- Research relevant resources and data throughout California such as demographic, health, education, and housing to inform your organizational policy proposals.
- Create maps and charts that can visually communicate your advocacy message to impact policy decisions.
- Gather data to enhance on-the-ground knowledge of the community’s perspective and needs in relation to specific policy proposals and decisions.
- Connect communities, advocates, and decision-makers to information and data to stimulate action for policy change.
How to Use HealthyCity.org to Influence PolicyHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to inform and communicate your advocacy and policy goals. Integrating the data and tools available on HealthyCity.org into your organizational advocacy and policy strategies can broaden efforts to influence decision-making at the local, state, and federal level.
In this webinar you will learn how to:
- Research relevant resources and data throughout California such as demographic, health, education, and housing to inform your organizational policy proposals.
- Create maps and charts that can visually communicate your advocacy message to impact policy decisions.
- Gather data to enhance on-the-ground knowledge of the community’s perspective and needs in relation to specific policy proposals and decisions.
- Connect communities, advocates, and decision-makers to information and data to stimulate action for policy change.
A presentation prepared by Bill LaPatra with Mithun to educate residents along 35th Ave NE about land use planning principals and trade offs as part of a 7-part Coffee Talk series presented by the American Planning Association, Washington Chapter's Community Planning Assistance Team (CPAT).
As Tecnologias Ambientais são aplicadas à construção sustentável de forma a preservar os principais recursos como água e energia numa edificação, assim como evitar o gasto com manutenções.
Conheça nesta apresentação as principais perspectivas para este mercado nos próximos anos.
Resultados generales 4a reunión 24 de julio de 2016UTTA OSPAT
El Nuevo Hipódromo de Las Flores comunica los resultados generales de la 4ª reunión del año, que se disputó hoy, con un gran acompañamiento del público. El Clásico Independencia fue para Clara Oscuridad.
“Planning for Future Funding: How to create a community comprehensive plan with federal funding in mind”
Thinking about federal grants when developing a comprehensive plan for your community can help you get a head start on successfully applying, submitting and receiving federal funding.
Detailed comprehensive plans and federal funding grants need some of the same elements to thrive. Writing about the vision for investing in a community’s empty brownfields, affordable housing and economic development needs, and health issues can serve as a platform in applying for federal grants. These aspirations, when effectively written and documented, can be used as the basis for grant applications. If a community identifies its needs as part of the planning process, it can, as part of a continuous proposal building process, pinpoint which grants will help meet those needs.
Federal grants are available for communities with an integrated vision for connecting economic development, community development, and environmental protection to create greater livability.
Illinois ResourceNet (IRN) and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMPA) are working together on a series of free webinars to help communities strengthen their capacity to apply successfully for available federal funding opportunities.
In this webinar, “Planning for Funding: How to create a comprehensive plan with federal funding in mind,” Deborah Orr, EPA Region 5 Brownfields Coordinator, will moderate the session and explain why comprehensive community planning should be an integral part of the federal funding process.
Michael McAfee, Community Planning and Development Representative with HUD's Chicago office, will demonstrate how to use a comprehensive plan and the sustainable practices built into it to facilitate the continuous development of federal funding proposals.
Susan Kaplan, technical assistance provider for Illinois ResourceNet at the University of Illinois, will offer examples of how a community plan can be used to help identify relevant federal grant opportunities and develop persuasive grant applications.
Free Webinar held on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Addressing Obesity In The Latino Community Through Community-based Advocacy In Baldwin Park
Alfred Mata, Local Policy Specialist, California Center for Public Health Advocacy.
Community in Economic Development - Brent D. HalesBrent Hales
This presentation was my presidential address at the joint annual meeting of the Community Development Society and Rural Sociological Association held in Boise, ID, July, 2011.
Isa Gaillard, Senior Program Manager at The Greenlining Institute gave this presentation at Forth Roadmap Win Federal Funding for Electric Mobility in Your Community workshop on Monday, May 15, 2023.
How to Use HealthyCity.org to Influence PolicyHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to inform and communicate your advocacy and policy goals. Integrating the data and tools available on HealthyCity.org into your organizational advocacy and policy strategies can broaden efforts to influence decision-making at the local, state, and federal level.
In this training you will learn how to:
- Research relevant resources and data throughout California such as demographic, health, education, and housing to inform your organizational policy proposals.
- Create maps and charts that can visually communicate your advocacy message to impact policy decisions.
- Gather data to enhance on-the-ground knowledge of the community’s perspective and needs in relation to specific policy proposals and decisions.
- Connect communities, advocates, and decision-makers to information and data to stimulate action for policy change.
How to Use HealthyCity.org to Influence PolicyHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to inform and communicate your advocacy and policy goals. Integrating the data and tools available on HealthyCity.org into your organizational advocacy and policy strategies can broaden efforts to influence decision-making at the local, state, and federal level.
In this webinar you will learn how to:
- Research relevant resources and data throughout California such as demographic, health, education, and housing to inform your organizational policy proposals.
- Create maps and charts that can visually communicate your advocacy message to impact policy decisions.
- Gather data to enhance on-the-ground knowledge of the community’s perspective and needs in relation to specific policy proposals and decisions.
- Connect communities, advocates, and decision-makers to information and data to stimulate action for policy change.
A presentation prepared by Bill LaPatra with Mithun to educate residents along 35th Ave NE about land use planning principals and trade offs as part of a 7-part Coffee Talk series presented by the American Planning Association, Washington Chapter's Community Planning Assistance Team (CPAT).
RV 2014: Predicting the Future: Sustainable Support for TransitRail~Volution
Predicting the Future: Sustainable Support for Transit AICP CM 1.5
How do you build and maintain support for future transit investment? How do you rally business leaders, riders, policymakers and opinion leaders behind your cause? Explore three approaches from three areas: Minneapolis-St. Paul's Corridors of Opportunity Innovative Engagement Models, created by a grassroots coalition; Washington state's Transportation Choices Coalition's successful proactive campaigns; and TriMet Portland's regional transit agency's use of field organizing strategies to engage riders and opinion leaders.
Moderator: Jennifer Harmening Thiede, Communications Associate & Member Engagement Manager, Transit for Livable Communities, St. Paul, Minnesota
Repa Mekha, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nexus Community Partners, St. Paul, Minnesota
Diane Goodwin, Manager of Public Affairs, TriMet, Portland, Oregon
Andrew Austin, Policy Director, Transportation Choices, Seattle, Washington
Pre‐planning and preparation help increase the competitiveness of an organization’s application.
Illinois ResourceNet TA providers work with organizations to prepare for future funding opportunities
by creating a two‐year timeline of expected release dates of Federal grant programs relevant to the
organization or collaborations working with IRN. Illinois ResourceNet develops a plan‐of‐action for
groups to identify grants that match the needs of the organization. TA providers will also locate future
funding for existing programs and potential new programs, and examine the resources offered by
Federal Agencies. In addition, the IRN TA provider will review proposals to ensure that the
organization meets the eligibility requirements, and has the necessary management and programmatic
capacity.
Gary Miller Spotlight Community Quality of Life Conversations Report 6 27_2015Jessica Renslow
Miller is a neighborhood within the City of Gary, Indiana. Located on the most southern tip of Lake Michigan, this beach community is home to an eclectic population, boasting world-class bio diversity and several long-established volunteer groups. As a community Miller is seeking to further help with the revitalization efforts occurring within Gary via the implementation of their collective impact plan, which will be constructed by the findings within this quality of life study. Miller Spotlight is a Legacy Foundation initiative.
Community Engagement Approaches for Active Transportation and Equity
This workshop will include lessons learned from local initiatives of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities and the Active Living Minnesota campaign, with a focus on how to create the partnerships necessary to foster more equitable active transportation solutions.
Presenters:
Presenter: Fay Gibson Active Living By Design
Co-Presenter: Jill Chamberlain Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Co-Presenter: Naomi Doerner Bike Easy
Co-Presenter: Rosa Soto California Center for Public Health Advocacy
2. LIVABLE FREDERICK
An opportunity to develop a community driven vision
Vision describes aspirations and is rooted in community
values
Vision sets the target for the desired future
Scenarios provide a way to explore different ways to
achieve that desired future
Scenario planning fosters collaboration and knowledge
sharing which helps build consensus on a preferred path
forward to achieve the vision
The scenarios reflect elements that can be used to identify
strategies for implementing the vision
Strategies can be translated into updates to plans and
policies
Livable Frederick Shaping Our Future
Photos – Frederick County, MD,
Credit – Frederick County
3. A vision is a story of a
desired future. It is an idea of
what can and should be, but
has yet to be created.
A community vision comes
from a grassroots effort
where every citizen, business,
organization, and institution
is involved.
A vision is anchored in the
collective values, of the
community - giving it the
traction it needs to succeed.
A vision helps sets the target
for plans and policies
Livable Frederick Shaping Our Future
Photos – Frederick County, MD, Credit – Frederick
County and Tourism Board of Frederick County
4. VISION TO PLAN
Vision includes spatial and non-spatial elements
“we want to preserve farmland”
“we want to end childhood obesity”
Comprehensive Plan primarily focuses on spatial
elements related to growth and development
Best practices in comprehensive planning ensure that the
Comprehensive Plan addresses spatial elements
while also reinforcing non-spatial aspirations of
the vision
Vision helps inform and reinforce other community
plans
Photos - Top: School Children in the Garden, Credit - National Gardening
Association; Bottom: Bike Trail in Woodville, FL, Credit - Renaissance
5. Livable Frederick Shaping Our Future
VISION TO SCENARIOS TO PLAN
• Creation of Spatially
Based Scenarios
• Evaluated Against Key
Indicators
• Consideration of
Tradeoffs
Define
community
vision and
aspirations
Identify growth
drivers and
trends
Where are we now?
Where are we going?
Where do we want to be?
What options
do we have?
What is the best
way forward?
Develop
scenarios
Evaluate
scenarios
Discuss issues,
opportunities
and tradeoffs
Identify
preferred
elements of
scenarios that
best achieve
community vision
Examine existing
plans and
policies to
identify needed
refinements &
updates to
achieve desired
vision
How do we
get there?
• Community Survey &
Additional Outreach
• Working Groups
Identifying Trends &
Drivers
• Informed Dialogue to
Reach Consensus on
Preferred Path
Forward
• Specific Plan or Policy
Update Recommendations
6. WHAT IS SCENARIO PLANNING?
A way to explore different futures related to growth
and development
Values, Vision & Aspirations (stories emerge from survey &
outreach)
Driving trends (stories emerge form working groups)
A process to collaboratively discuss, evaluate and
consider those futures relative to achieving the
community’s vision
Creates a framework for identifying implementation
strategies included in plans and policies
Photo – Stakeholders Meeting, Allentown, PA – Credit Renaissance Livable Frederick Shaping Our Future
7. WHAT SCENARIO PLANNING IS NOT
A Scenario is not a Vision – not a Plan – it is
a plausible story about the future to help
stakeholders examine different ways we might
achieve our vision
Scenarios are not forecasts or predictions
Scenario maps are not land use maps – they
are spatial representations of different potential
futures
Maps – Chesterfield County, VA Scenario Concept Maps, Credit: Renaissance Livable Frederick Shaping Our Future
8. WHY SCENARIO PLANNING?
Provides a broader, more innovative view
about future growth and opportunity that
sparks more strategic thinking
Gets beyond the simple ‘predict and plan’
approach by challenging past trends and
assumptions
Engages decision makers and the public in
exploring issues, opportunities and tradeoffs
associated with each
Fosters consensus building and more informed
decision-making
Photo – Urbana Library Farmer’s Market,
Credit –Urbana Library Farmer’s Market Facebook Page Livable Frederick Shaping Our Future
9. WHY SCENARIO PLANNING?
“Decisions about the future are often controversial
due to competing economic interests, different
cultural values, and divergent views about property
rights and the role of government. Broader and more
effective civic engagement is needed to ensure
community support for decisions about development
and other land-related policies, and public
investments. The traditional predict-and-plan
paradigm is inadequate to address all of these
challenges.”
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Livable Frederick Shaping Our Future
Photo – Emmitsburg, MD, Credit – Preservation Maryland; Source: Creative
Commons BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47625077
10. HOW WILL WE DEVELOP SCENARIOS?
Will come from the vision; will reflect trends
and drivers – particularly economic forces
Will include the development of maps that include a
range of ideas on how growth could happen in
the future – including the baseline (how are we
projected to grow now?)
Will factor in jobs and housing forecasts
Will create the underlying data to help
understand the implications of different
growth scenarios relative to achieving quality of
life benchmarks
Livable Frederick Shaping Our Future
Photo – Researcher at Ft. Detrick, Credit – By Army Medicine; Source: Creative
Commons BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34856555
11. Livable Frederick Shaping Our Future
HOW WILL WE EVALUATE SCENARIOS?
Will include factors
that reflect
community values
Will include
visualizations to
show
spatial/geographic
dynamics
Will include
comparisons across
each scenarios
Land development
Acreage of urban footprint
Acreage of farmland
Percent multifamily/single family housing
Commercial and residential densities
Percent of jobs/housing in walkable centers
Acreage of conservation land
Multimodal transportation
Travel time to regional destinations by mode
(transit and auto)
Percent people within x travel time to
county centers/destinations by mode
Mode split
Environmental
Energy consumption
Emissions
Acreage by use (stormwater runoff)
Jobs and Employment
Percentage by employment type
Economic sector based opportunity sites
International access
Regional access
Public health
People living in walkable places
Access to health centers
Person miles travel by walking
Access to healthy food outlets/food
deserts
Proximity to parks/trails/recreation
centers/etc.
Air quality
Others?
Example Metrics/Benchmarks
12. Livable Frederick Shaping Our Future
HOW WILL WE EVALUATE SCENARIOS?
Graphic – Seven 50 Scenario Comparisons, Southeast Florida Regional Visioning and
Blueprint, Credit – www.seven50report.org
Which scenarios best
achieve our vision?
Which scenarios get us to
the Frederick County we
want in the future?
13. Livable Frederick Shaping Our Future
HOW WILL SCENARIOS INFLUENCE THE PLAN?
Better understand the implications of different policy
choices
Scenario preferences (as gathered through outreach)
provide insights into areas of community
consensus
Ultimately helps create the story of a preferred path
forward – a framework to guide implementation of the
community vision
Underlying data and assumptions can create guidance on
potential refinements to growth plans and policies,
community investment priorities
14. WHAT’S NEXT?
Vision begins to materialize (now- Sept.)
Scenario development (Aug. – Oct.)
Key drivers for county identified
Key data and assumptions determined for baseline/trend scenarios
Key metrics/benchmarks for scenario evaluations identified
Livable Frederick Shaping Our Future
Define community
vision and
aspirations
Identify growth
drivers and
trends
Develop scenarios
Evaluate scenarios
Discuss issues,
opportunities and
tradeoffs
Identify preferred
elements of
scenarios that best
achieve community
vision
Examine existing
plans and
policies to identify
needed refinements
& updates to achieve
desired vision