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Overview: Creating change in your community can take shape in many forms. We’ll discuss the role of the downtown plan and strategy in counseling communities through change and improvement and how to work through challenges and issues, local politics and differing opinions. Learn about two communities’ approaches to updating their plans, using zoning as the primary tool for implementing a downtown plan. Join in the conversation by sending questions in advance to carolyn@downtown.org.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the difference between a comprehensive plan and a targeted area plan.
- Learn how to use plans to achieve consensus for action and overcome resistance and/or reluctance to change.
- Learn how to identify who’s in charge of zoning changes in your community and how you can have an impact.
Friday, August 27, 2021 | 11:15am ET (8:15am PT)
Domain: Planning, Design and Infrastructure
Pricing: IDA Members: Free | Nonmembers: $40
CM | 1
AICP members can earn Certification Maintenance (CM) credits for this webinar. More information about AICP’s CM program can be found here
Advancing Places is an online series aimed at empowering IDA members with the solutions needed to address the most critical urban issues of the day. This session will include a moderated Q&A and will be recorded for member and nonmember use in the future.
Speakers:
- Larisa Ortiz, Managing Director, Public Non-Profit Solutions, Streetsense (Bethesda, Maryland)
- Don Poland, Managing Director, Planning and Strategy, Gorman+York (East Hartford, Connecticut)
Moderator:
- David Downey, President & CEO, International Downtown Association (IDA)
Speakers
Larisa Ortiz
Managing Director, Public Non-Profit Solutions, Streetsense (Bethesda, MD)
Larisa brings 20+ years of experience advising public/private sector clients on retail strategy in urban environments. Prior to joining Streetsense, Larisa led award-winning projects as the founder of LOA, including The City of Cambridge Massachusetts Retail Strategy and New York City’s Commercial District Needs Assessment. She is the author of Improving Tenant Mix (ICSC) and serves on the NYC Planning Commission. A Fulbright Scholar and Watson Fellow, she received her Masters in Planning from MIT.
Don Poland
Managing Director, Planning and Strategy, Gorman+York (East Hartford, CT)
Dr. Poland is a spatial and social scientist with over twenty-five years’ experience in land use planning, economic development, housing, and neighborhood investment. As a community strategist, Dr. Poland assists communities to compete for prosperity and investment though strategic market, planning, and governance interventions aimed at building community confidence, fostering pride in place, and growing market share. Hi consultancy has spanned 18 states and over 100 communities. Dr. Poland is a Visiting Associate Professor in Urban Studies, Graduate Studies at Trinity College, Hartford, CT. He earned his PhD from UCL (University College London), Department of Geography, Cities and Urbanization program. His doctoral research focused on urban ecology, ecological resilience, and how ecological metaphors and theory can help us understand urban space as complex adaptive systems. He is Managing Director, Urban Planning & Strategy, at Goman+York Property Advisors.
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