myregion.org: Planning Collaborative Coming to Orlando

Friday, September 9, 2005

VOLUME 3 ISSUE 8

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myregion.org is. . .

An organization of citizens and leaders from public, private and institutional sectors who have launched a program to prepare the Central Florida Region to compete more effectively in the 21st century while enhancing the quality of life of its citizenry.

Upcoming Dates

September 13, 2005
myregion.org Presentation
Orange County Board of Commissioners

September 19, 2005
Florida Tech Presentation

September 19, 2005
Presentation to Tamil Nadu and Cuddalore, India

September 22, 2005
Florida Value Study Presentation

September 23, 2005
Polk County Meeting

September 26, 2005
Kissimmee Audubon Society Presentation

September 30, 2005
VCARD and Daytona Chamber Presentation

October 14,2005
Myregion.org Board of Directors Meeting
Lake Sumter Community College (Leesburg)

September 8, 2005
Planning Collaborative Coming to Orlando

DENVER, CO – The Sixth Community Planning Collaborative is a benchmark event in community planning. PlaceMatters, a program of the Orton Family Foundation, has organized this pathbreaking national event since 1998 to showcase the integration of public participation and decision-support tools in community planning.

The CPC brings together some of the world’s most innovative planners and tool providers to apply best-in-class technologies and methods to an actual planning challenge in eastern Orange County, Florida. A national audience will work side-by-side, “charrette-style,” with local stakeholders and experts to evaluate alternative growth scenarios and impacts for this rapidly changing region. At the CPC’s Tools Expo, participants can explore a variety of decision-support tools and find out how you can help address local planning challenges. Featured tool providers and applications include:

Renaissance Planning Group’s CorePlan tool used alongside Citilab's CUBE transportation technology to address land use and transportation issues
Infracycle paired with CommunityViz visualization and decision-support software to evaluate fiscal impacts
Florida Natural Areas Inventory assessing environmental impacts
Smarter Land Use Project working with local stakeholders to help build collaborative relationships and identify regional assets that enhance a sense of community

Participants will also have the opportunity to receive training in the tools described above as well as Criterion’s INDEX, MetroQuest, SketchUp®, Neighborhood America and other planning tools. You’ll hear from former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, architect Gianni Longo, civic leader Robert Grow and other visionaries in the field and participate in interactive panels led by renowned experts on topics that include:

“Regional Visioning with Decision Support Tools”
“Lessons Learned from the Cutting Edge: Communities Adopting and Integrating Decision-Support Tools”
“Tools to Engage and Empower Low-income and Multicultural Stakeholder Involvement,”
“Web-based Approaches to Increasing Public Participation”

For full details and to register, please visit www.planningcollaborative.org. To learn more about PlaceMatters, visit www.placematters.com.

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