Online Webinar

In many places Community Based Organizations (CBO) are on the ground running on their own without support and/or coordination with local government. CBO's are often so focused on the funding necessary to support those vulnerable populations they serve that their interaction with planning at the comprehensive level in consultation with local governments is many times set-aside.

This program  describes the crossover between Conservation Design and the New Urbanism, showing how they can be blended. In areas served by public water and sewer, conservation design techniques can be readily combined with TND principles to create walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods, often involving infill projects and incremental growth around the community's outer edges.

This webcast will discuss the uses of and limitations on development incentive agreements applicable to various redevelopment mechanisms (tax increment financing, special taxing districts, tax abatement etc.) and practical aspects of redevelopment project financing and implementation.

In today’s economic times, it is vital for communities to focus on redeveloping sites that can add value, fit into the community, and can be implemented.  The speakers will present a variety of project types that address the following key details of a successful redevelopment project.  

This webcast will discuss the limitations on and common legal challenges to local land use decisions and will discuss practical steps local land use agencies should consider to conform to federal constitutional and statutory limitations.