Engaging Residents Helps Build Vibrant Communities
Everybody wants a healthy, vibrant community to call home. Inclusive land-use planning may help counties achieve this goal and address common annoyances such as long commutes, traffic congestion and poor air quality.
The Institute for Local Government (ILG), CSAC’s research affiliate, has released a new resource for county officials and staff to use when talking to their communities about land-use planning.Building Healthy and Vibrant Communities: Achieving Results Through Community Engagement presents an overview of land-use planning, who is involved, why community engagement matters and ways to participate.