Browse Content: Project, values-based planning

Inspired by a combination of underutilized sites and unmet community needs in the city of New Orleans, this low-cost initiative allows people to voice ideas for vacant buildings using fill-in-the-blank stickers.

Golden Vision 2030 is a comprehensive visioning plan that engages a broad spectrum of the community to deeply explore the City’s character, strengths and opportunities for change, with a focus on planning at the neighborhood level.

Imagine Central Arkansas was a 3-year process inviting residents of central Arkansas to participate in conversations about the region’s long-term future in the context of transportation planning.

Starksboro, Vermont is working to balance a growing population with a rural lifestyle. The Art & Soul project used storytelling and a series of community arts projects to engage citizens and identify common values that can guide planning decisions.

Conservationists and advocates in the Borderlands area of RI and CT are stressing the need to “reinvent the village.” These towns are absorbing new growth while conserving and enhancing the natural amenities that make this region unique.

The Fairfield City Council and numerous partners enlisted the University of Northern Iowa’s (UNI) Institute for Decision Making to conduct a comprehensive planning process for the City based around five core community values.

The “Vision Vessel” was a portable, multimedia booth set up in the city of Portland, Oregon to provide a space for residents to voice their ideas and record their comments about the city as it grows and changes in the 21st century.

In south-central New Hampshire, regional planners used the 3I (three infrastructures) approach to simultaneously plan for the I-93 Corridor's built, green, and social infrastructures.

After a new bridge diverted business away from downtown Manteo,NC, landscape architect Randy Hester helped the community identify and enhance its character and economy by mapping the spaces that residents found most 'sacred' to their community.

As part of the General Plan update process, the City Council of Beverly Hills created a Community Character Committee to consider how character might be protected and to consider how different future scenarios for the City would impact character.