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FOR A QUICK
INTRO:
Here's a two-page
handout that can print front and back on a single sheet of paper. The first page provides a brief explanation of the Rural Lands Stewardship
Program (RLSP). The second page provides an example of how it works.
click here
OVERVIEWS:
one-page
fact sheet: click
here
2-1/2-page background/history:
click here
one-page letter (from an
environmental organization) praising the RLSP case study:
click here
ARTICLES:
Recommended:
an article written by Chris Demers, in the
Fall 2003 issue of
The Florida Forest
Steward - A Quarterly Newsletter for Florida Landowners and Resource
Professionals, provides an excellent description of the program.
To view the article (also in PDF format), click
here.
Another
article, "Innovative Rural Land Planning Emerges in Southwest
Florida" appeared in the March 2004 issue of Florida Planning, published
by the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association. The
article is by Al Reynolds and Anita Jenkins of WilsonMiller, two of the
architects of the successful case study, the Collier County Rural Lands Stewardship
Area. To view the article, click
here.
The
RLSP includes a provision for transferring economic values from one
location to another, but otherwise it is completely different from any
previously proposed or existing TDR program. To view a 2-page
illustration showing the differences, please click:
This
is NOT a TDR Program
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATIONS:1. "The Rural Lands Stewardship Program
Explained" This presentation is
currently undergoing revision. For recent
presentations describing the Rural Lands Stewardship Program, available for
download as PDF files, visit the website for WilsonMiller, the
planning/design firm that created the documentation to
implement the Rural Lands Stewardship Program in Collier County,
Florida:
WilsonMiller 2. "Ave
Maria: Use of Stewardship Credits and Compact Rural
Development for a New Town." This presentation
was prepared by Al Reynolds, CEO of WilsonMiller, for the annual meeting of the
Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association on
September 5, 2003. It describes the Rural Lands
Stewardship Overlay that was developed for Collier County, shows
how the overlay works and describes the site plan and design
features of the university town that was attracted to Collier
County as a direct result of the overlay, and is now in its
final design stages prior to construction. This is an
eye-opening presentation, well worth the time spent viewing it.
To view this presentation, click
here.
3. View a third PowerPoint
presentation online, giving an overview of the Rural
Lands Stewardship Program. You may do this by visiting the
Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) web site. To see
the description of the Rural Lands Stewardship Program, click
here.
This page also provides details on how to
contact Walker Banning at DCA to obtain additional information
on the program.
To go right to the PowerPoint
presentation, click
here.
MORE INFORMATION:
Final
Report of the Governor's Growth Management Study Commission,
February 2001, "A Liveable Florida for Today and
Tomorrow."
This report laid the groundwork for
the Rural Lands Stewardship Program. For a copy of the
full report (48 pages),
click
here;
to view the recommendations of the Rural Lands
Subcommittee, go to page 43 (or click "search" and
type in "rural lands"); for an excerpt of these
recommendations (text only), click
here.
For a full copy of the Report of the Rural Lands
Subcommittee to the Commission (6 pages), click
here.
Questions & Answers
About the RLSP: (1 page) click
here.
For current information on the Ave
Maria project, the Collier County Rural Lands Stewardship Area Overlay and
other projects:
visit the website for WilsonMiller, the
planning/design firm that created the documentation to put concepts for the
Rural Lands Stewardship Program in place:
click here |
