To read portable document files (PDF), you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click below to download the free software, install it, then return here to view the information. Copyright 2007 LandChoices - All Rights Reserved	What you can do to bring conservation subdivisions to your community Print and give your officials this information sheet LandChoices' information sheet on conservation subdivisions (PDF) Look at your town's land use regulations As a resident or business owner, you can ask whether you town has an updated plan that allows (voluntary and incentive based regulations for conservation subdivisions rarely work and incentives are not necessary), or better yet, requires conservation subdivision design (NOT clustering). You may want to review your town's land use regulations to see if they encourage conservation, or as is more often the case, encourage the conversion of eventually all the buildable land into house lots and streets. Ask if the conservation subdivision ordinance requires the officials, developer and adjoining neighbors to do a site visit where participants walk the property while at the concept stage, before any engineering is done, to identify important conservation areas. Send a letter to the editor Involving the local media to help publicize the benefits of conservation subdivisions is always a smart idea. You can get the dialogue started by sending a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. Use our template to get started Serve on a board You may want to serve on the local land use board to insure ordinances include provisions for conservation subdivision design. There are plenty of resources available on this website, To learn more, you may wish to purchase the book, Conservation Design for Subdivisions, available on Randall Arendt's website at www.greenerprospects.com Suggestions from the University of Connecticut Whether you're a local land use official, resident or business owner, you can ask whether your town has an updated plan of conservation and development. You can discuss with your neighbors the role conservation subdivision design might play in meeting neighborhood and community goals. You might review your local land use regulations to see if they encourage development protective of your town's character and valuable natural resources or whether your town has programmed itself for more sprawl, in which all lands are eventually converted to house lots and streets. You might consider serving on a local land use board to insure local plans and regulations include provisions for conservation subdivision design. In any case, do not rely on someone else to take the initiative. You can help place your town in the driver?s seat regarding its future, or you can leave it to someone else with interests quite different from yours. Taken from the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension NEMO Project and The Natural Lands Trust: "All about conservation design subdivisions"		Become a LandChoices' Land Hero You can present conservation subdivisions to your local planners. Learn more... Tell your local officials about LandChoices To encourage your local community to require Conservation Subdivision design in land use ordinance, please tell your local officials about our website: www.landchoices.org
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