Citizens Planning Academy: Fall 2024 Presentations and Resources

session 1: Wednesday, September 25

Presentation:

• The Big Picture: Introduction to Local Community Planning, Tee Coker, Assistant Administrator for Community Planning and Development, Greenville County

Additional resources:

• Greenville County Neighborhood Plans
• South Carolina Association of Counties
• Greenville County Comprehensive Plan
• Sign up for Upstate Forever Land Planning & Policy e-newsletter updates 

Session 2: Wednesday, October 2- Cancelled

Session 3: Wednesday, October 9

Presentations:

• Understanding the Principles of Smart Growth, Jean Crowther, Principal Planner at Alta Planning + Design
• Zoning for Smarties, Michael Forman, Conduit Planning LLC

Additional resources:

• Missing Middle Housing Study for Greenville City and County
• Missing Middle Housing
• Congress for the New Urbanism
• Smart Growth America: Improving Lives by Improving Communities 
• Strong Towns
• Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
• Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places
• How a Walkable Neighborhood Changed my Life
• Shaping Our Future/ Return on Investment Study
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities
• Oyez Cases
• Sign up for Upstate Forever Land Planning & Policy e-newsletter updates 


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