Planner's Moments
Planner’s Moments is a new project designed to give local planning officials a low-cost, easy way to learn more about important planning topics during their regularly schedules meetings.
Local land use experts recorded a series of twelve, 15-minute video DVDs or audio CDs on a variety of current land use and smart growth topics. These DVDs/CDs are available to play at the beginning of a planning commission meeting, one each month or as often as the planning commission meets. Additional fact sheets and other information are included for each planning commission member.
This project is sponsored by Michigan State University Extension in cooperation with the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments, Charlevoix and Emmet County Planning Departments and H.A.R.B.O.R., Inc.
Funding for Planner’s Moments was provided by the Charlevoix County Community Foundation and the Petoskey Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation.
Each Session is 15 minutes long and includes the following topics:
October, 2008: Introduction to 10 Smart Growth Tenets
November, 2008: Workforce Housing
December, 2008: Farmland Preservation
January, 2009: Master Plan Coordination and link with Zoning
February, 2009: Access Management
March, 2009: Joint Planning
April, 2009: Creating Active Communities & Trails for Transportation and Recreation
May, 2009: Residential Cluster Development
June 2009: Growth Boundaries & Infrastructure Planning
July 2009: Ethics & Conducting a Public Hearing
August 2009: Evaluating Site Capability & Conducting Peer Site Plan Review
September 2009: Greenbelts, Corridors & Native Plant Landscapes
Communities can receive hard copies of each session. Planner's Moments are available on-line.