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Achieving a Vision The purpose of planning is not to m ake great plans. It is to m ake great places. Great places are illegal Mixing uses Sprawl Am erica Auto-dependent landscape 1 One project at a tim e Ad hocracy The exam ple we set
Mixing uses
Auto-dependent landscape
Ad hocracy
If everyone lived like Am ericans we’d need five planets worth of resources
“Nothing is m ore powerful than an idea whose tim es has com e.”
Victor Hugo
“Make no little plans. They have no m agic to stir m en's blood and probably them selves will not be
aim high in hope and work . . . Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty. Think big.” Daniel Burnham
“Laguna will becom e a m odel of sustainable, harm onious living.” La g una Bea ch 20 30 “All Palo Alto neighborhoods will be im proved, each to have public gathering spaces, essential services and pedestrian am enities, to encourage less reliance on the autom obile.” 20 10 Pa lo Alto Com p rehensiv e Pla n
The typical process leads to glittering generalities, but little substantive change to unsustainable conventional patterns of suburban sprawl
Most General Plans are updated to satisfy State law, insulate against litigation or to com pete for APA awards
Collision between the forces supporting and opposing growth
Process: Accelerated schedule with m ore than 65 workshops involving m ore than 320 0 people in just 18 m onths
Seven Principles:
life
environment
educational center for the region
A sm art growth renaissance
“The Caboose on the Foothill train”
Process: Citizens Congress developed a core of m ore than 30 0 active and com m unity leaders
How We Learn (Ed uca tion, culture a nd recrea tion) What Nature Has Given Us (The Riv er a nd Ca ny on) How We Live (Fa m ilies a nd Com m unities) Where We Com e Together (Dow ntow n & Com m ercia l Districts) How We Prosper (Ind ustry a nd Job s) How We Get Around (Tra nsp orta tion) Where We Live (Hom es a nd Neighborhood s)
Most im proved City in the San Gabriel Valley
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
“ The most common approach is to
“Our goal is to be a m odel for other com m unities of environm ental responsibility.”
2005 General Plan
Com m unity
Com m unity
and Designed Com m unity
Com m unity
Infrastructure
Com m unity
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Com m unity
Process:
Product:
Low tech, high touch
"Developm ent that m eets the needs of the present without com prom ising the ability of future generations to m eet their own needs."
There is m ore to m aking great places than land use and transportation
Beyond crayola zoning to m aking great places
Values:
Azusa is a spiritual place blessed with a unique natural, historic and cultural heritage. Our citizens are caring people who work hard and value Faith, Family and Country. We treasure our small-town character and community involvement. Education is a cornerstone of this community, where a student can go from pre-school to a Ph.D. We believe in the American Dream of owning a home and starting a business. We are proud of our diversity. Our shared goal is to build a brighter future for our children.
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You can’t buy political will on
Cracking the code: Zoning is the DNA
Zoning segregates where we live, work, and shop Is the law in virtually every city in Am erica
New Urbanism
“Things that are not sustainable have a tendency to com e to a stop.” Herb Stein
"Things that can't go on forever, don't."
Creating a sustainable future is our challenge Our own com m unities is where we start
“We will ever strive for the ideals and sacred
things of the city, both alone and with many. We will unceasingly seek to quicken the sense of public duty. “We will transmit this city not only not less, but greater, better, and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.”
Athenian Oath