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Sustainable Growth & Development Subcommittee Report: Committee For A Sustainable Emerald Coast
Sustainable Growth & Development Subcommittee Report: Committee For A Sustainable Emerald Coast
Five work sessions to date. Broad-based participation by local and state agencies, elected officials, design practitioners, and interest groups.
Assembled: Key issues, principles, and guidelines. Atlas of existing conditions: Where are we now? Where are we headed? Comparison of business-as-usual versus sustainable Emerald scenario.
Recommending public review of Emerald Scenario via three workshops and UWF/Haas website.
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Current Employment
Local Government Comp Plans
Existing Land-Use
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Principles 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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Guide local comprehensive planning with a long-range regional vision. Distinguish development challenges in coastal areas versus inland areas. Provide incentives for sustainable land-use planning. Incorporate military needs in local plans. Coordinate future school facility needs with planned development. Provide efficient and safe multi-modal transportation. Develop a transportation system that supports livable communities and regional vision. Support comprehensive transportation corridor planning. Create a range of obtainable housing opportunities. Design communities that enable healthy choices.
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PRESERVATION Design a sustainable regional development strategy that will support the economic prosperity in the region and both preserve and enhance the regions unique natural resources including its environmentally-sensitive, agricultural and recreational areas. Preserve and protect the ability of the regions military installations to achieve their missions.
PATTERNS Maximize existing infrastructure consistent with the shared regional 2030 vision by focusing growth in compact regional centers. Provide a variety of employment sites for all key economic sectors. Locate housing near existing jobs, and jobs near existing housing.
PLACES Design flexible infill and redevelopment in existing communities that supports healthy choices by requiring through land development regulations the implementation of sidewalks, trails, bike paths etc. Preserve and create stable, compact, neighborhoods with a sense of place within urban areas and small towns in the Emerald Coast region. Encourage development that ensures that housing for all income levels and age groups are provided.
PASSAGES Design corridors that connect both land use and transportation plans to advance the shared regional sustainable development vision of livable, compact, healthy and connected communities. Establish new multimodal travel options within existing developed areas and require that new development be oriented toward multimodal travel and supportive of livable, compact, healthy and connected communities. Protect the regions greenway corridors that provide habitat and wildlife linkages as a part of a sustainable regional development strategy.
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This is a preliminary draft scenario subject to revision during public review and committee deliberations. The scenario is an illustrative concept of regional growth, not a prescriptive plan.
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Incorporate committee feedback on preliminary draft of the Emerald scenario. Refine the draft Emerald scenario with public input. Design implementation measures. Integrate scenario and measures into the committees overall recommendations.
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