Why Plan? GSMSummit 2014, Jane Lafleur
Why plan for growth and change, when it seems so much easier to simply react? When there is a distinct and shared vision for your community - when residents, businesses and local government anticipate a sustainable town with cohesive and thriving neighborhoods - you have the power to conserve your beautiful natural spaces, enhance your existing downtown or Main Street, enable rural areas to be productive and prosperous, and save money through efficient use of existing infrastructure. This is the dollars and sense of smart growth. Success is clearly visible in Maine, from the creation of a community-built senior housing complex and health center in Fort Fairfield to conservation easements creating Forever Farms to Rockland's revitalized downtown. Communities have options. We have the power to manage our own responses to growth and change. After all, “Planning is a process of choosing among those many options. If we do not choose to plan, then we choose to have others plan for us.” - Richard I. Winwood And in the end, this means that our children and their children will choose to make Maine home and our economy will provide the opportunities to do so. The Summit offers you a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the transformative change in Maine that we’ve seen these gatherings produce. We encourage you to consider the value of being actively involved in growing Maine’s economy and protecting the reasons we choose to live here.
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- 1. Why Plan? GrowSmart Maine Summit October 21, 2014 Augusta Civic Center Jane Lafleur Friends of Midcoast Maine The Community Institute
- 2. Where do you want to ? live
- 3. Anywhere?
- 5. How do we keep somewhere from becoming anywhere?
- 6. Why Plan? Moving beyond regulations! Comprehensive Planning Heart & Soul Planning Action Planning Walkability Audits and Place-Making Form Based Codes
- 7. Comprehensive Planning Heart & Soul Planning Action Planning Walkability Audits and Place-Making Form Based Codes The most important part of a comprehensive planning process is trying to reach consensus about how your community should grow and change. Where should growth occur and what should it look like? What is your collective VISION for the future? Belfast, Maine: Then and Now
- 8. • Comprehensive Planning • Heart & Soul Planning • Action Planning • Walkability Audits and Place- Making • Form Based Codes
- 9. Storytelling
- 11. Making it Fun!
- 12. What Makes Damariscotta Special? 0 50 100 150 200 250 Friendly People Waterfront, Waterways & Water Activities Great Place to Raise a Family Historic & Vibrant Downtown Award-Winning Library Abundant, Fresh Seafood Wonderful Restaurants Vibrant Arts Community Unique Business Community Excellent Schools Parking Lot on July 4th The Shell Middens Data source: Pumpkin Fest Candy Corn Voting, Damariscotta, ME 10/2008 # of votes
- 13. We value working locally and growing locally owned businesses. We value living locally, being able to afford to live and shop in Town. We value community involvement where people participate in schools, organizations, churches and community events and festivals. We value having culture and nature in close proximity, where we might see a seal or a moose but we also have restaurants, art galleries, local theater and a library, all within walking distance. We value an accessible community where we have easy access to goods and services, to local government and information. We value a strong sense of community where people trust one another and feel safe. Damariscotta Values
- 14. Adopting the Town’s Values
- 16. Developing a Community Vision
- 17. A Concept for Downtown
- 18. A Concept for Piper Common
- 19. A Concept for Business Route 1
- 20. • Comprehensive Planning • Heart & Soul Planning • Action Planning • Walkability Audits and Place-Making • Form Based Codes
- 21. • Comprehensive Planning • Heart & Soul Planning • Action Planning • Form Based Codes • Walkability Audits and Place-making Boothbay Harbor Camden Thomaston Rockland Belfast Wiscasset Lincolnville Center
- 22. The Power of Ten * The layering of uses to create synergy is essential (Triangulation) Your region Your Town or City Main Street 10+ major destinations 10+ great places 10+ things to do
- 25. Allow for a Mix of Uses
- 26. Image & Identity • Showcase local assets • Historic highlights
- 27. Triangulate Uses and Places
- 28. Amenities
- 30. Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper… Park(ing) Day Open Streets
- 31. Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper… Guerilla Gardening
- 32. Temporary Demonstration Project of Curb Extensions, Camden, Maine
- 35. • Comprehensive Planning • Heart & Soul Planning • Action Planning • Place-Making and Walk Audits • Form Based Codes Form-based codes address the relationship between building facades and the public realm, the form and mass of buildings in relation to one another, and the scale and types of streets and blocks.
- 43. Holding the street edge • Parking • Scale • Views • Interconnections 2 Breakwater Marketplace, Church, Residences
- 44. Holding the street edge • Parking • Scale • Views • Interconnections 2 Breakwater Marketplace, Church, Residences
- 45. Liner Blg. Pkg. Deck 2 Breakwater Marketplace Parking Liner Blgs Setbacks Medians Plantings
- 46. 2 Breakwater Marketplace Outdoor Spaces Scale Plantings
- 47. 2 Breakwater Marketplace Outdoor Spaces Scale Plantings
- 50. 2 Breakwater Marketplace Liner Bldgs Street Line Median Plantings Complete Streets
- 53. Why Plan? Because… • All good businesses plan for their future • It makes economic sense • It strengthens your community • It prepares you for ups and downs in the economy that are beyond your control • It ensures that there are enough resources for the future generations • It engages your citizens to be stewards of your community, now and in the future • It is fun!
- 54. Thank you! Jane Lafleur, Executive Director Friends of Midcoast Maine 5 Free Street Camden, Maine 04843 www.friendsmidcoast.org www.communityinstitute.org