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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 19th Annual Land Use Conference l L d U C f March 5, 2010

• Rev. Eric O. Jacobson , Senior Pastor, , , First Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, Washington • James van Hemert , Director of Development Services, Duncan, British p Columbia

Historic influence of communities of F ith Faith • Colonial • Spanish La • Spanish Law of the Indies of the Indies • Western Expansion • Mormonism Santa Fe Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City , Utah

Historic influence of communities of Faith Pre WWII Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Colorado Blvd., Denver First Christian Reformed Church Denver Colorado Denver, Colorado P Post WWII WWII

Contemporary communities of faith Contemporary communities of faith • Dispersed Patterns • Variety of Forms Variety of Forms Marilyn Hickey Church of the Nazarene Ministries, Denver Castle Rock, Colorado Industrial warehouse Converted shopping mall ll

Contemporary communities of p y faith “Big Box” Saddleback Church MEGA churches Lake Forest, California Doing it large Doing it large… must be somewhere in Texas

Contemporary communities of faith Contemporary communities of faith Café and Café and bookstore at Canyon View y Vineyard Church Grand Junction, , Expanded Uses Colorado

Contemporary communities of p y faith Faith based voluntary organizations Faith based voluntary organizations Volunteers build houses for h hurricane evacuees, i Shreveport- Bossier Community Renewal program Shreveport Renewal program, Shreveport, Louisiana

Contemporary communities of p y faith S Separation does not mean no dialogue ti d t di l image: Air America Radio

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

Contemporary communities of p y faith RLUIPA Practical Guidance 1. Review ordinances 2. Train staff 3. Appoint staff liaison pp 4. Flag cases 5 5. Draft Findings of Fact D ft Fi di f F t 6. Do not discriminate 7. ENGAGE faith communities

Call for renewing the g partnership