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Putting Soul into the Neighborhood: g g The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Working with Communities of Faith Working with Communities of Faith James van Hemert, Director of Development Services Director of Development Services, Duncan,


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Putting Soul into the Neighborhood: g g The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Working with Communities of Faith Working with Communities of Faith

James van Hemert, Director of Development Services Director of Development Services, Duncan, British Columbia The Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute 19th A l L d U C f 19th Annual Land Use Conference March 5, 2010

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  • Rev. Eric O. Jacobson, Senior Pastor,

, , First Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, Washington

  • James van Hemert, Director of

Development Services, Duncan, British p Columbia

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Historic influence of communities of F ith Faith

  • Colonial
  • Spanish La
  • f the Indies
  • Spanish Law of the Indies
  • Western Expansion
  • Mormonism

Santa Fe Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City , Utah

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Historic influence of communities of Faith

Pre WWII

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Colorado Blvd., Denver

P WWII

First Christian Reformed Church Denver Colorado

Post WWII

Denver, Colorado

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Contemporary communities of faith Contemporary communities of faith

  • Dispersed Patterns
  • Variety of Forms

Variety of Forms

Marilyn Hickey Ministries, Denver Converted shopping ll Church of the Nazarene Castle Rock, Colorado Industrial warehouse mall

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Contemporary communities of p y faith

“Big Box”

MEGA churches

Saddleback Church Lake Forest, California Doing it large Doing it large… must be somewhere in Texas

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Contemporary communities of faith Contemporary communities of faith

Café and Café and bookstore at Canyon View y Vineyard Church Grand Junction, Expanded Uses , Colorado

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Contemporary communities of p y faith

Faith based voluntary organizations Faith based voluntary organizations Volunteers build houses for h i hurricane evacuees, Shreveport- Bossier Community Renewal program Shreveport Renewal program, Shreveport, Louisiana

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Contemporary communities of p y faith

S ti d t di l Separation does not mean no dialogue

image: Air America Radio

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Contemporary communities of p y faith

RLUIPA RLUIPA

(Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act)

Equal Treatment Equal Treatment No discrimination No exclusion No unreasonable limits

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Contemporary communities of p y faith RLUIPA Practical Guidance

  • 1. Review ordinances
  • 2. Train staff
  • 3. Appoint staff liaison

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  • 4. Flag cases

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  • 5. Draft Findings of Fact
  • 6. Do not discriminate
  • 7. ENGAGE faith communities
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Call for renewing the g partnership