LandChoices: Opportunities for Landowners to Preserve Their Land

Land Choices: Changing Development in America

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3 easy steps to bring conservation neighborhoods to your town:

Present the benefits of conservation subdivisions as an individual or group to your local planners. It will only require one evening. Afterall, cookie-cutters should only be used for cookies, not for subdivisions!
Option: Show the *DVD or videotape.
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1. Find out which local zoning board or planning commission handles zoning and subdivision ordinances, discover when they meet, and sign up on the agenda.

2. Read over and print A (bring extra copies) and B below and bring to the meeting:
A. One Page Conservation Subdivision Fact Sheet (PDF)
B. LandChoices' Land Hero Talk Points (2 pages)

3. Use the LandChoices' Land Hero Talk Points (above) to present the case for updating land use ordinances to make conservation subdivisions the "by right permitted use" ("permitted" everyday use) on land scheduled for development.

Encourage officials to visit www.downloadtheordinance.org and download:
A. LandChoices' Approved Conservation Subdivision Ordinance
B. Two page overview on conservation subdivisions
Outside assistance is available on this page including a link to Randall Arendt's website and his highly recommended conservation subdivision hands-on workshop.

That's all we ask and we thank you.

Email us and tell us you've done it! Please provide your name(s), your city and state, so we can add your name(s) to the LandChoices Land Heros' Honor Roll page.

Additional Resources

* Not comfortable making a presentation? Get a group together! Purchase the 52 minute DVD or videotape Conservation Planning Slide Presentation, Creating Open Space Networks Through Conservation Subdivision Design by Randall Arendt. Schedule a time to show it to your planning commission and on your local cable station.