Are We Doing Doing This Right? // Comprehensive Plans Edition
For this month’s edition of ‘Are We Doing This Right?’, we’re turning our attention to the comprehensive plan. There’s a lot to talk about, including:
History! Where did comp plans come from?How to know when your city’s comprehensive plan is outdated (or even harmful)An alternative vision for what comprehensive plans could be… from all the way back in 1967Why some comprehensive plans just sit on the shelf gathering dustWhat it means for comprehensive plans to “fail”—and what causes failure (from AJ’s experience)Some examples of comprehensive plans we like, for one reason or anotherAre comprehensive plans really necessary?Best practices for comprehensive plansWant to do some further research on the topic? Head on over to the show page for this episode to find a list of resources we found helpful in compiling this show.
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(This episode features music from No Money; Custodian of Records; and Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, & Emmylou Harris.)
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