| Coastal Community Planning and Development Training
Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program (CHNEP) is pleased to offer this training in an effort to help its partners in their efforts to protect the natural environment and fulfill the Program management plan. CHNEP is a partnership program working to protect the natural environment from Venice to Bonita Springs to Winter Haven. Special thanks to NOAA Coastal Services Center for offering this course to CHNEP.
Tuesday-Wednesday, December 4-5, 2007 from 8:30 to 5:00 Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council, 1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers
The Coastal Community Planning and Development (CCPD) training will enable participants to understand, plan, and guide efforts to implement alternative growth and development approaches in their coastal communities. This introductory course is designed for those who would like to participate, or are currently participating, in planning and development activities in their community who need a basic knowledge of planning processes as well as alternatives to conventional patterns of growth and development. This course is designed for those in the initial stages of planning alternative growth options for their communities. The training is most productive when attended by a broad spectrum of community members. The range of participants could include local elected officials and related personnel (e.g., council members, commission members, etc.); developers; business leaders; realtors; community groups; members of civic organizations; coastal resource managers; and concerned citizens. Alternatively, the training can also be designed for participants from a broader region, where groups of participants (ideally 3 to 5) work with others from their geographic area throughout the two-day training. Additional information is provided later on this page.
Registration: The registration fee of $40 includes refreshment breaks and lunches. If you wish to attend but are unable to pay the registration fee, please contact Maran Hilgendorf. Refunds will not be issued. The additional sponsor hoped for did not materialize so we ask that you send in payment (made payable to SWFRPC) to:
To register, please complete and submit the on-line registration form by November 1.(The form can be found either by following the link or by scrolling down this page.) If more than 30 people register, priority will be given to those who are helping to implement CHNEP’s management plan. If after registering you find you are unable to attend, please send an email message to mhilgendorf@swfrpc.org.
Please share this message with others you think may be interested in participating, especially if they are or might help implement CHNEP’s management plan.
More details: The most up-to-date information will always be posted on this, the CHNEP website, at www.CHNEP.org.
Next program: CHNEP will host “Public Issues and Conflict Management” on effective collaboration, another NOAA CSC training, from June 24-26, 2008. Details will be posted on the website at www.CHNEP.org as they are known.
Thank you!
Maran Brainard Hilgendorf, Communications Manager mhilgendorf@swfrpc.org, www.CHNEP.org Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program 1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers FL 33901 239/338-2556, Toll Free 866/835-5785, Fax 239/338-2560
Working together to protect estuaries and watersheds from Venice to Bonita Springs to Winter Haven
Coastal Community Planning and Development Training
GOAL: The Coastal Community Planning and Development (CCPD) training will enable participants to understand, plan, and guide efforts to implement alternative growth and development approaches in their coastal communities.
Unit 1: Understanding Conventional Development: Drivers and Consequences Content: Review the historical and current drivers of development, as well as the consequences of conventional development patterns. National and local development trends will also be covered. Activity: Identify the characteristics of conventional development. Then consider your own community and establish causal links between characteristics and consequences.
Unit 2: Identifying Alternative Growth and Development Principles Content: The principles of alternative growth and development patterns will be discussed, as well as their applicability to coastal communities. Activity: Identify alternative growth and development principles within your own community, choose the location or proposed location, and identify the combination of principles already in place.
Unit 3: Identifying Benefits of Alternative Growth and Development Content: The environmental, social, and economic benefits of alternative development patterns will be presented in this section. Activity: Participants will understand important benchmarks by reading and discussing case studies of communities that have won the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Smart Growth” Awards. Participants will identify the principles implemented, benefits documented, and strategies used by award-winners to achieve their visions. Consider and discuss the applicability of a particular case to your own community.
Unit 4: Identifying Tools and Resources to Aid Planning and Implementation Efforts Content: The purpose of this section is to provide a general overview of the types of tools and processes that are available to coastal communities to assist in implementing alternative development strategies. The tools will be organized and presented in terms of a six-step process for implementation. Activity: Read and discuss actual case studies of communities effectively implementing alternative growth strategies. Learn the six-step implementation framework, types of tools, and where in the planning process each tool is appropriately used. Then consider the usefulness of these tools to your own community and their place in the process of implementation.
Unit 5: Assessing Local Regulations Activity: Use a coastal development “scorecard” to assess your community’s status along the continuum of alternative growth and development.
Unit 6: Stakeholder Analysis Activity: Participants will conduct a stakeholder analysis to identify the individuals or groups that must be involved in a collaborative smart growth planning process in their community.
Unit 7: Visioning Exercise Activity: Use a base map of your community or project area and work with others to create an understanding of community values and a vision of the type and location of future growth and development.
Unit 8: Identifying Opportunities and Next Steps: Beginning a Community Action Plan Activity: Engage in group discussion to identify the actions needed to allow alternative growth and generate appropriate strategies for achieving them.
Engage in group discussion to address potential funding sources, tools, and technical assistance available to implement identified strategies relevant to each group member’s community.
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Don't forget to: 1) Keep a copy of the completed form before you hit "submit form" by either printing or saving the form. 2) Make checks payable to SWFRPC and mail, along with a copy of the completed on-line form, to:
As additional information is available (including lunch options) it will be posted on the CHNEP website www.CHNEP.org and sent to all those who have registered via email. Thank you!
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