Record #:

31168

Author(s):

Hitchings, Ben; Waldon, Roger

Abstract:

Two factors often shape the outcome of community planning efforts – how planners handle controversy and how they seize opportunity. This article characterizes these factors, identifies strategies to address them, and presents several case studies to illustrate these techniques in practice. In so doing, it offers insights on how to turn a community’s passions to productive use and expand our influence as planning professionals.

Source:

Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 37 Issue , 2012, p19-26, il, bibl

Subject(s):

Community development; Pinehurst; Iredell County--Industry and agriculture

Record #:

16028

Author(s):

Waldon, Roger

Abstract:

In the past few decades, economic growth in Chapel Hill has fueled the demand for housing in the town and put increasing development pressure on many of the town's traditional neighborhoods. Northside, a historically African-American neighborhood, began experiencing these development pressures in the 1990s as new construction increased rapidly. In response to the pressures, Northside residents worked with town officials to establish a Neighborhood Conservation overlay district to constrain development in order to preserve the character of this long-standing neighborhood.

Source:

Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 32 Issue 1, Winter 2007, p3-10, map, f

Subject(s):

African American neighborhoods--Chapel Hill; Economic growth--Chapel Hill; Neighborhood preservation--Chapel Hill