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Greetings!
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It has been a busy spring at SCOTie and we are gearing up for a great summer. We are exploring development issues and strategies to build community resilience in the West. In addition, we produced a SCOTie Partner Webinar that features case studies related to zombie and distressed subdivisions. Check out more information below.
On May 20, we hosted a SCOTie Partner Webinar titled Addressing Zombie Subdivisions.  This session highlights issues related to zombie subdivisions with some guidance, through case studies, for how to solve these problems. Presenters include Jim Holway, the former Director of Western Lands and Communities; Don Elliott, the Director of Clarion Associates; Anna Trentadue, the Program Director for the Valley Advocates for Responsible Development (VARD), which is a SCOTie partner; and Linda Dannenberger, the Land Use and Development Director for Mesa County, CO.
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Mesa County, Colorado, located outside of Grand Junction, was one of the hardest hit regions during the oil shale boom and bust of the 1980s. In the bust's wake, over 400 subdivisions containing about 4,000 lots throughout the County were left with outstanding development improvement agreements.
To address this issue, Mesa County put several measures in place to ensure these complications would not arise in the future. A new Development Improvements Agreement form and financial guarantees were negotiated with the banks and development community. Read the complete case study on SCOTie.org
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SCOTie Partner Events
SCOTie partners are hosting a number of events across the Intermountain West. See what is happening in your region.
- The Montana Downtown Conference is taking place from September 24-26 in Helena, MT. For more information, visit the conference website.
- The New Mexico Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects is hosting their quarterly event on June 20 in Santa Fe, NM. Visit their website for more details.
- Sustainable Cities Network at Arizona State University is hosting a green infrastructure workgroup meeting on June 26 from 1:00-3:00pm in Wrigley Hall, Room 481. To RSVP email [email protected].
- The Large Landscape Conservation Practitioners Network is hosting a free webinar on June 18 titled Avoiding Random Acts of Conservation. To register, visit their website.
- Carpe Diem West Academy is hosting a free webinar on June 18 titled Avoided Costs: The Economics of Watershed Restoration. To register, visit their website.
Happy planning, Hannah Oliver Program Associate Western Lands and Communities, a joint program of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Sonoran Institute | |
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Save the Date
New Mexico APA Annual Conference from September 21-24 in Albuquerque, NM
Western Planner/Utah APA Annual Conference from September 30-October 2 in Salt Lake City, UT
Colorado APA Annual Conference from October 1-3 in Crested Butte, CO
Arizona APA Annual Conference from November 5-7 in Yuma, AZ
Ongoing:
Arizona Citizen Planner 101 online course - The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
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