"Sensible Tools for Healthy Communities" guides informed development decisions
(Aurora,
Ill.) … Campaign for Sensible Growth, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, and
Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) will present to public officials and
developers a new workbook, Sensible Tools for Healthy Commnuities: A
Decision-Making Workbook for Local Officials, Developers, and Community
Leaders, on Wednesday, Aug. 4, at a luncheon and
workshop at the HomeTown Aurora development in Aurora, Ill.
The
66-page Workbook is designed to help public officials and developers – two often
unnecessarily opposing forces – define a common set of guidelines for good
community development. It offers sensible growth principles and techniques, as
well as questions and suggestions to help local leaders decide if a proposed
development project will help or hinder quality of life in their
neighborhoods.
“We
want communities and developers to reach for this book when they’re working
through housing and development challenges, “ said MarySue Barrett, president of
MPC and co-chair of the Campaign for Sensible Growth. “It’s an accessible,
hands-on product based on best practices for sustainable development, as well as
regional guidelines, such as the Northeastern Illinois Housing Endorsement
Criteria.”
What:
Luncheon and workshop with a role-playing game
to illustrate
how
Sensible Tools for Healthy Communities can help leaders make
sensible
development
decisions
Who:
Perry
Bigelow, President, Bigelow Homes, and developer of HomeTown
Aurora
Rita
Mullins,
President, Village of Palatine, and Co-Chair,
Metropolitan
Mayors Caucus Housing Task Force
Ronald Thomas, Executive Director,
Northeastern Illinois Planning
Commission,
and Co-Chair, Campaign for Sensible Growth
Bill
Wiet,
Director of Planning, City of Aurora
Mark
Angelini, Vice President, The Shaw Company, and Co-Chair,
Campaign
for Sensible Growth Technical Advisors Group
Mary
Sue Barrett,
President, Metropolitan Planning Council, and Co
Chair,
Campaign for Sensible Growth
Zenovia Evans, President, Village of
Riverdale, and Co-Chair,
Metropolitan
Mayors Caucus Housing Task Force
Sam Santell, Director of Planning, Kane
County, and Co-Chair,
Campaign
for Sensible Growth Technical Advisors Group
When:
Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004
11
a.m. to noon: Presentation
12:15
to 3 p.m.: Luncheon and workshop
Where:
HomeTown Aurora
1002
Four Seasons Dr.
Aurora,
Ill.
For
more information, visit www.growingsensibly.org.