1. Vision2Action Symposium December 6, 2013 Subarea Planning: A Framework for New Civic Engagement

2. What is a Subarea Plan? Basically it is a detailed plan for a portion of a city or county that is consistent with the comprehensive plan

3. Subarea plans can be for: Downtowns

4. Subarea plans can be for: Waterfronts

5. Subarea plans can be: Neighborhoods

6. Subarea plans can be for a: Special District

7. Subarea plans can be for a: Corridor

8. Subarea plans can be for: Rural Towns

9. Subarea plans can be for: Rural Towns

10. Why do a Subarea Plan?

11. Subarea plans: Why do one? To get on the same page To solve problems To resolve conflicts To integrate activities To acquire resources in short TO GET SOMETHING DONE!

12. Subarea Plans COMMUNITY ACTION PLANS!

13. What’s in a Community Action Plan? Economic considerations

14. What’s in a Community Action Plan? Land use & Zoning.

15. What’s in a Community Action Plan? Multi-modal Circulation.

16. What’s in a Community Action Plan? Pedestrian orientation (usually)

17. What’s in a Community Action Plan? Environmental considerations.

18. What’s in a Community Action Plan? Infrastructure

19. What’s in a Community Action Plan? Design identity and quality

20. What’s in a Community Action Plan? An implementation strategy

21. What’s in a Community Action Plan? Consideration of fairness

22. How do you create a Community Action Plan? General Process 1.Outreach 2.Inventory 3.Define vision, goals and objectives 4.Identify alternatives 5.Evaluate alternatives –analysis and public preferences 6.Formulate concept from preferred elements 7.Refine concept and develop implementation strategy 8.Ratify and adopt

24. How do you create a Community Action Plan? 1. Outreach And, form a Steering Committee

25. How do you create a Community Action Plan? 2.Inventory

26. How do you create a Community Action Plan? 3.Vision, Goals and Objectives

27. How do you create a Community Action Plan? 4.Identify Alternatives

28. How do you create a Community Action Plan? 5. Evaluate Alternatives.

29. How do you create a Community Action Plan? 6.Formulate Concept.

30. How do you create a Community Action Plan? 7. Refine concept and develop implementation strategy

31. What about Conflicts?

33. Design solutions often can solve resolve conflicts

34. How do you create a Community Action Plan? 8. Ratify and Adopt

35. IMPLEMENTATION It takes time

36. IMPLEMENTATION - It takes time, BUT Start with some short term activities Establish an implementation stewardship group Keep on local governments Form partnerships Grow Leaders Short Term Action: Prevent left turns into Starbucks -very important to community The vision will take at least 10 years

37. Social Capital: A Special Bonus The collective value of all social networks and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other. Putnam Shared norms or values that promote social cooperation, instantiated in actual social relationships" Fukuyama

38. Social Capital

40. Putnam believes social capital is necessary for effective democratic governance

42. Examples Ballard – Market Street Before After Recent Activities

43. Examples Juanita. Before Vision After

44. Examples Lake City Way Before After

45. Examples Mill Creek Process Results

46. Examples Wenatchee Riverfront

47. Examples University District

48. Questions? YOUR TURN!