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Smart Growth for Smart Growth for Coastal & Waterfront Communities Coastal & Waterfront Communities
HecetaHeceta Head Coastal ConferenceHead Coastal ConferenceOctober 29October 29thth, 2010, 2010Kris Wall, NOAAKris Wall, NOAA
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Smart GrowthSmart Growth
Mixed land uses
Range of housing choices
Compact building designWalkable
Distinctive, attractive, strong sense of place
Smart GrowthSmart Growth
Open space, natural areas
Community & stakeholder collaboration
Predictable, fair, & cost effective decisions
Transportation options
Community & stakeholder collaboration
Infill development
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Element 1
Mix land uses, including water-dependent uses
Element 1
Mix land uses, including water-dependent uses
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Element 2
Take advantage of compact community design that enhances, preserves, and
Element 2
Take advantage of compact community design that enhances, preserves, and preserves, and provides access to waterfront resources
preserves, and provides access to waterfront resources
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Element 2
Take advantage of compact community design that enhances, preserves, and preserves, and provides access to waterfront resources
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Element 2
Take advantage of compact community design that enhances, preserves, and
Element 2
Take advantage of compact community design that enhances, preserves, and preserves, and provides access to waterfront resources
preserves, and provides access to waterfront resources
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Element 3
Provide a range of housing opportunities and choices to meet the needs of both
Element 3
Provide a range of housing opportunities and choices to meet the needs of both
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of both seasonal and permanent residents
of both seasonal and permanent residents
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Element 3
Provide a range of housing opportunities and choices to meet the needs of both
Element 3
Provide a range of housing opportunities and choices to meet the needs of both
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of both seasonal and permanent residents
of both seasonal and permanent residents
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Element 3
Provide a range of housing opportunities and choices to meet the needs of both
Element 3
Provide a range of housing opportunities and choices to meet the needs of both
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of both seasonal and permanent residents
of both seasonal and permanent residents
Element 3
Provide a range of housing opportunities and choices to meet the needs of both of both seasonal and permanent residents
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Element 4
Create walkable communities with physical and visual access to and
Element 4
Create walkable communities with physical and visual access to and
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access to and along the waterfront for public use
access to and along the waterfront for public use
Element 5
Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place
Element 5
Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place sense of place that capitalizes on the waterfront’s heritage
sense of place that capitalizes on the waterfront’s heritage
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Element 5
Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place
Element 5
Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place sense of place that capitalizes on the waterfront’s heritage
sense of place that capitalizes on the waterfront’s heritage
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Element 6
Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and the critical environmental
Element 6
Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and the critical environmental environmental areas that characterize and support coastal and waterfront communities
environmental areas that characterize and support coastal and waterfront communities
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Element 6
Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and the critical environmental
Element 6
Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and the critical environmental environmental areas that characterize and support coastal and waterfront communities
environmental areas that characterize and support coastal and waterfront communities
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Element 7
Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities, and encourage
Element 7
Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities, and encourage
Element 7
Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities and encourage
Element 7
Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities and encourage
Element 7
Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities and encourage and encourage waterfront revitalization
and encourage waterfront revitalization
and encourage waterfront revitalization
and encourage waterfront revitalization
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and encourage waterfront revitalization
Element 7
Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities, and encourage
Element 7
Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities, and encourage
Element 7
Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities and encourage
Element 7
Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities and encourage and encourage waterfront revitalization
and encourage waterfront revitalization
and encourage waterfront revitalization
and encourage waterfront revitalization
Element 8
Provide a variety of land-and water-based transportation options
Element 8
Provide a variety of land-and water-based transportation options
Element 8
Provide a variety of land-and water-basedtransportation optionsoptions
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optionsoptions
Element 8
Provide a variety of land-and water-based transportation options
Element 8
Provide a variety of land-and water-based transportation optionsoptions
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options
Element 9
Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost effective
Element 9
Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost effective
Element 9
Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost effective
Element 9
Make development decisions predictable fair, and cost-effective
Element 9
Make development decisions predictable fair, and cost-effective effective through consistent policies and coordinated permitting processes
effective through consistent policies and coordinated permitting processes
effective through consistent policies and coordinated permitting processes
effective through consistent policies and coordinated permitting processes
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effective through consistent policies and coordinated permitting processes
Element 10
Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions,
Element 10
Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions,
Element 10
Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions,
Element 10
Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions, decisions, ensuring that public interests in and rights of access to the waterfront and coastal waters are upheld
decisions, ensuring that public interests in and rights of access to the waterfront and coastal waters are upheld
decisions, ensuring that public interests in and rights of access to the waterfront and coastal waters are upheld
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decisions, ensuring that public interests in and rights of access to the waterfront and coastal waters are upheld
Think about your community…
http://coastalsmartgrowth.noaa.gov
• Support the rural landscape
• Help existing places thrive
• Create great new places
Thank YouThank YouKris WallKris Wall Sarah van Sarah van derder [email protected]@noaa.gov [email protected]@noaa.gov
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QuestionsQuestions
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1. Mix land uses, including water-dependent uses
2. Take advantage of compact community design that enhances, preserves, and provides access to waterfront resources
CoastalCoastal & & WaterfrontWaterfrontSmartSmart GrowthGrowth ElementsElements
to waterfront resources
3. Provide a range of housing opportunities and choices to meet the needs of both seasonal and permanent residents
4. Create walkable communities with visual and physical access to and along the waterfront for public use
5. Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place that capitalizes on the waterfront’s heritage
6. Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and the critical environmental areas that characterize coastal and waterfront communities
7. Strengthen and direct development to existing communities and encourage waterfront revitalization
8. Provide a variety of land- and water-based transportation options
9. Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost-effective through consistent policies and coordinated permitting processesand cost-effective through consistent policies and coordinated permitting processes
10. Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions, ensuring that public interests in, and rights of access to, the waterfront and coastal waters are upheld
