Design-based Comprehensive Plans

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Differentiate how design-based comprehensive plans are different from traditional comprehensive plans, and how to use this innovative approach.
• Identify the value that can be added by approaching the development of a comprehensive plan with a design-based methodology.
• Recognize the multiple methodologies that can be used to promote community engagement and buy-in for a design-based comprehensive plan.

MORE SESSION DETAILS

Explore the value of design-based comprehensive plans — why they are important, how they can work, what they can accomplish. Narratives are mandatory, of course, but the balance is shifting to fewer words and more graphics. Starting with an overview of how comprehensive plans are typically structured, this session describes how imagery can enhance a plan’s statements regarding cultural identity, desired scaling and proportionality, expectations for the public realm, and overall community character. Get insights on how community planning efforts can be structured for participatory engagement in identifying the design themes to be expressed. The final presentation focuses on an award-winning plan that used this design-based approach, with descriptions of how it was implemented and what it accomplished.



This course is approved to offer 1.25 PDH (ASLA).

This course is approved to offer 1.25 LU (AIA).

Session Speakers

Leigh Anne King, AICP
Speaker
Clarion Associates
Chapel Hill, NC

Philip L. Walker, FAICP
Speaker
Nashville, TN

Rodger H. Lentz, AICP
Speaker
City of Wilson Planning Dept
Wilson, NC

Roger S. Waldon, FAICP
Organizer and Speaker
Clarion Associates
Charlotte, NC