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Shaping the Future of Your Community Workshops

The Shaping the Future Community Program is working in the state's Sprawl Frontier to help communities understand, adopt and implement sustainable planning and development tools and techniques. Below are listed many of the workshops that have been part of our program since June 2009, including several presentations available for download.

Spring 2012

Defusing Landowner / Conservation Conflicts: Protecting Habitat for Endangered Species and Other Wildlife with Conservation Design - MACC Annual Environmental Conference, March 3, 2012

Open Space Residential Design (OSRD) Zoning to Avoid Landowner/Conservation Conflicts (PDF), Heidi Ricci, Mass Audubon
Massachusetts Endangered Species Act Regulations and OSRD (PDF), Eve N. Schluter, Mass Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
Conservation Plans for Rare Species: Eastern Box Turtle and OSRD (PDF), Lori Erb, Mass Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program

Conservation Subdivisions: Site Analysis and Conservation Restrictions in OSRD - MACC Annual Environmental Conference, March 3, 2012

Joel Russell and Bob Levite (PDF)

Fall 2011

Preserving the Agricultural Heritage of Plymouth and Bristol Counties (PDF), November 16, 2011, Monponsett Inn, Halifax, MA

Transforming Commercial Corridors and Revitalizing Downtowns, October 17, 2011, Advanced Technology Manufacturing Center, Fall River, MA

Randall Arendt, author, site designer, planner, lecturer. Images and information from this presentation are included in Mr. Arendt’s publications, including Envisioning Better Communities (PDF) and Rural by Design (PDF)

Massachusetts State of the Birds: Measuring Changes in a Rapidly Changing Climate and Landscape (PDF)

September 19, 2011: Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
October 1, 2011: Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
October 4, 2011: Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary

Spring 2011

Building a Sustainable Future: The Massachusetts Green Communities Act, May 5, 2011
- A changing climate in Southeastern Massachusetts- why should we care? (PDF) Stephanie Elson, Mass Audubon
- The Massachusetts Green Communities Act: (PDF) Seth Pickering, Green Community Coordinator, Southeastern MA Region, Dept. of Energy Resources
- Becoming a Green Community - Easton's experience (PDF): Adrienne Edwards, Chair, Green Communities Committee, Town of Easton
Smart, Clean and Green: A Water Workshop for Shrewsbury, April 28, 2011

Linking Land Use and Water Quality in Shrewsbury, MA (PDF): Heidi Ricci, Senior Policy Advisor, Mass Audubon
Towards Sustainable Stormwater Management in the Blackstone River Watershed (PDF): Donna Williams, Watershed Advocate, Blackstone River Coalition

Stormwater Conference at Bristol Aggie, April 20 2011
- Overcoming Cost Challenges to Green Stormwater Management (PDF): Rob Roseen , P.E., Director, UNH Stormwater Center
- Low Impact Development: Demonstrating Solutions to Local Stormwater Problems (PDF): Scott Horsley, President, Horsley Witten Group
- Fish and Flow: Impervious Surface Impacts on Fisheries (PDF): Todd Richards, Fisheries Biologist, MassWildlife

Saving Forests and Money: A presentation in collaboration with the Nashua River Watershed Council (PDF), April 13, 2011 – Heidi Ricci, Mass Audubon

Saving Land and Money: A Workshop at the Citizen Planner Training Collaborative Spring Conference, March 19, 2011

Green Infrastructure: Protecting and Enhancing Your Community’s Vital Resources (PDF) – Robert Ryan, University of Massachusetts, Dept of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
Protecting Your Community's Natural Assets & Fiscal Stability through Planning and Zoning (PDF) – Heidi Ricci, Mass Audubon
Natural Resource Protection Zoning (PDF) – Jeff Lacy, Department of Conservation and Recreation

BioMap 2 and the Community Preservation Act in Attleboro: Using CPA to protect Attleboro’s priority natural lands, February 28 (PDF 3.75MB)

Fall 2010

Getting Involved and Making a Difference: Why it’s important and where to start - PART 1 , December 1 (PDF)
Getting Involved and Making a Difference: Why it’s important and where to start - PART 2, December 1 (PDF)
An Introduction to the State’s Green Communities Program, November 3 (PDF)
Building a Sustainable Future: The Massachusetts Green Communities Act, November 3 (PDF)
Open Space Planning in Leicester and Spencer: Saving Land and Money, Spencer, MA, October 21 (PDF)
Agricultural Land Preservation in Southeastern Massachusetts, Middleborough, MA, October 6 (PDF)
Open Space Planning in Norton, MA, October 14 (PDF)
Open Space Residential Design: What it is and why it makes sense for Berkley, MA, September 23 (PDF 2.8MB)

Spring 2010

Considering the Community Preservation Act in the Town of Lakeville (PDF 2.5MB)
Lakeville, MA: natural resources and recent development trends (PDF 5.7MB)
Agricultural Land Preservation in the Blackstone River Watershed (PDF 2.3MB)
Open Space Planning: Saving land and Money in the Wachusett Region (PDF 4.4MB)

Fall 2009

Attleboro and Norton (PDF 1.7MB)
Carver, Plympton and Plymouth (PDF 1.8MB)
Dighton, Berkley and Rehoboth (PDF 1.5MB)
Grafton, Millbury and Upton (PDF 1.7MB)
Northbridge, Uxbridge, Sutton and Douglas (PDF 1.9MB)
Shrewsbury (PDF 2.4MB)