With planning projects growing in complexity, communities are increasingly taking deliberate organizing steps before launching a major planning effort. These “pre-planning” activities can help align stakeholders with the project while providing tools for its implementation. This session draws on the experience of Cary, N.C., to demonstrate how pre-planning and organization can save resources, foster key relationships, and build an effective planning framework for future projects and plans.
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Jamie A. Greene, AICP
Principal
ACP Visioning & Planning, LTD
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Bio: Jamie is a founding Principal of ACP Visioning+Planning, a community planning practice based in Columbus and New York. His work is focused on developing and facilitating planning processes that enable communities—leaders and general citizens alike— to think creatively about quality of place choices, considering the strong connections among emotional attachment, compact urbanism and economic prosperity. Over the past six years, Jamie’s firm has received top comprehensive planning awards in five different states: Pennsylvania, Hawaii, South Carolina, Ohio and Alabama. In addition to his professional practice, Jamie is an adjunct faculty member of City and Regional Planning at the Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University.
Roger S. Waldon, FAICP
Principal
Clarion Associates
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Bio: Principal, Clarion Associates. Town of Chapel Hill NC, Planning Director. Triangle J Council of Governments, Planning Director.
Education: Masters Degree: City and Regional Planning, UNC. Bachelors Degree: Urban Studies and Planning, MIT.
Key Publications: Book: Planners and Politics, Published by APA. Chapter in Book: Local Planning Contemporary Principles and Practice, Published by ICMA. Article: APA's Planning Magazine: "Secrets of Successful Planners". Article: Carolina Planning: "Inclusionary Housing Initiatives". Article: Carolina Planning: "Embracing Controversy". Article: Carolina Planning: "Neighborhood Conservation Districts". Article: Carolina Planning: "A Planning Career".
Past Assignments: APA Planners Training Service Faculty: Sustainable Community Plans. EPA Workshop Faculty: Building Blocks for Communities. Upper Midwest Four-State APA Conference: Keynote Speaker. APA National Planning Conference: Washington, San Antonio, Chicago, Phildelphia. NCAPA Annual Planning Conference: North Carolina. SCAPA Annual Planning Conference: South Carolina. FAPA Annual Planning Conference: Florida.
Jeffery G. Ulma, AICP
Planning Director
Town of Cary Planning Dept.
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Bio: DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, Cary, NC. Direct award-winning planning & development department for North Carolina's 7th largest city (pop. 143,000). Manage interdisciplinary staff team of 28 members. Provide staff support to Planning & Zoning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment. Report to Town Manager and serve as a key member of municipal management team. Responsible for high-profile functions related to: *Land use and transportation planning *Preparation and maintenance of comprehensive plan *Rezoning and zoning administration *Development and design review *Zoning ordinance & minimum housing code enforcement *Transit *Community development block grant (CDBG) program *Historic preservation *GIS mapping LECTURER, North Carolina State University, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, Raleigh, NC. Adjunct faculty member in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program.
Education: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: Department of Public Policy, Planning & Administration; Master of Science, Urban Planning: Specialization in Land Use & Physical Planning. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC: Department of Geography; Bachelor of Arts
Key Publications: Co-author: “Citizen Involvement in the Digital Age,” The Public Manager, Winter 2007-08; Vol. 36, No. 4
Past Assignments: *2008 Transforming Local Government Conference (Greenville, SC) *2011 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference (Charlotte, NC)
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