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Shaping the Future of Your Community
Shaping the Future of Your Community – A Citizen’s Guide to Involvement in Community Planning, Land Protection, and Project Review, published in 2007, is designed to help you make a difference in how land is developed and protected in your community. This booklet will help you take steps toward effective action. We also have a Fall Workshop Series on these topics.
Download a brochure about Shaping the Future
Download the booklet Shaping the Future as one file (3.5mb pdf)
Download individual chapters of Shaping the Future:
Chapter 1:
How to be an Effective Advocate
Tips on maximizing your impact, from brushing up on land-use laws to working with local boards and organizing with other concerned citizens.
download Chapter 1 (pdf)
Chapter 2:
Who’s Who of Local, Regional, State, Federal Management and Environmental Agencies
A guide to the government groups involved in land-use planning
download Chapter 2 (pdf)
Chapter 3:
Local Land Use Planning and Conservation Strategies
Understanding how to successfully balance development with open space protection
download Chapter 3 (pdf)
Chapter 4:
Zoning, Regulatory Land Use Controls, and Incentives
You get what you zone for: familiarize yourself with terminology and innovative land use tools
download Chapter 4 (pdf)
Chapter 5:
Land Protection
A crash course in some of the most common techniques and funding sources for preserving natural spaces
download Chapter 5 (pdf)
Chapter 6:
Project Review and Permitting
Before development can begin, a project must go through review and receive a permit. Find out what steps are involved and how you can participate to improve results.
download Chapter 6 (pdf)
Chart of Federal, State and Local Environmental and Land Use Laws and Regulations
A short summary of each law, its legal citation (number), who administers it, and what it pertains to.
download Chart (pdf)
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