Citizens Planning Academy: Fall 2024 Presentations and Resources

session 1: Wednesday, September 25

Presentation:

• The Big Picture: Introduction to Local Community Planning, Tee Coker, Assistant Administrator for Community Planning and Development, Greenville County

Additional resources:

Greenville County Neighborhood PlansSouth Carolina Association of Counties

• Greenville County Comprehensive Plan
• Sign up for Upstate Forever Land Planning & Policy e-newsletter updates 

Session 2: Wednesday, October 2 - Cancelled

Session 3: Wednesday, October 9

Presentations:

• Understanding the Principles of Smart Growth, Jean Crowther, Principal Planner at Alta Planning + Design
• Zoning for Smarties, Michael Forman, Conduit Planning LLC

Additional resources:

• Missing Middle Housing Study for Greenville City and County
• Missing Middle Housing
• Congress for the New Urbanism
• Smart Growth America: Improving Lives by Improving Communities 
• Strong Towns
• Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
• Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places
• How a Walkable Neighborhood Changed my Life
• Shaping Our Future/ Return on Investment Study
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities
• Oyez Cases
• Sign up for Upstate Forever Land Planning & Policy e-newsletter updates 

Session 4: Wednesday, October 16

Presentations:

• Zoning Tools and The Greenville Development Code, Shannon Lavrin, City of Greenville City Manager
• Greenville County Unified Development Ordinance, Rashida Jeffers-Campbell, Greenville County Planning Director 

Additional resources:

• Greenville County Unified Development Ordinance
• City of Greenville Development Code
• Home Rule: Understanding the Legislation that Created Local Government in South Carolina
• Everything You Need to Know about Special Purpose Districts in South Carolina
• Annexation in South Carolina: How Cities Grow
• Sign up for Upstate Forever Land Planning & Policy e-newsletter updates 

Session 5: Wednesday, October 23

Panel Discussion and Q&A: Roles and Perspectives in Local Planning Processes

• Pam Adams, Planning Commissioner, City of Greenville
• Racquel Collier, Caliber Real Estate, Developer 
• Anne King, Neighborhood Leader, West Greenville
• Ashana Taylor, Associate Development Planner, City of Greenville

Sustainable Communities Activity:

• In Search of Sustainable Communities, Allie Martinsen
• Sustainable Communities Worksheet

Additional resources:

• Not a Walk in the Park: What It Really Takes to Build Green Spaces | Planetizen Features
• Book Review: Combining Sustainability and Smart Growth | Planetizen Blogs
• How smart growth can protect against flooding in vulnerable communities - Smart Growth America
• Resilience Planning Through Equity Lens (youtube.com)
• The Affordable City: Supply, Stability, and Subsidy — and Lessons Since 2020 (youtube.com)
• Five reasons why urban practitioners should care about resilience | CNU
• This Doctor Is Working to Build Resilience and Land Justice for Communities of Color | Civil Eats