Rumbling with Benefits: Solving Community Benefits Deficits
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Certification Maintenance
Learning Outcomes
- Learn to approach community benefits in unique ways adapted to your residents and needs.
- Consider tackling a politically sensitive topic from the viewpoint of listening and supporting and improving equity within and beyond municipal responsibility.
- Develop an approach that speaks to both "hard" (infrastructure-based) and "soft" (program- and equity-based) community benefits in a way that provides tools and models for all parties.
More Course Details
This course challenges/encourages planners to practice listening to understand the different viewpoints of a complex topic, how to encourage relationship building, and engage in innovative approaches to transparency, communication, and outcomes that can benefit equitably across a jurisdiction. It's important to talk about livelihoods and development that has historically outpaced equitable infrastructure. These difficult conversations lead to mutual understanding, respect, and collective approaches to problem-solving.
Charlotte, North Carolina, offers information transparency and supports these tough discussions, thereby empowering the development community and residents to work together.