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Recent Issues: Sustainability and Climate Change in Florida --1000 Friends is working to develop Florida-specific land use and transportation strategies to address climate change and sustainability, facilitate creative synergy between state and local actions, and better educate the public on the need for such action. Working to Sustain Florida's Rural and Natural Lands: A Call to Action -- 1000 Friends Chairman Emeritus Nathaniel Reed spoke with some of the state's leading conservationists, agricultural leaders, developers, planners and others and then crafted a series of recommendations to help stem the dramatic loss of Florida's rural lands to urban development. October 2007. Conservation Visioning: Creating An Action Plan for Parks and Land Conservation -- This brochure from the Trust for Public Land addresses the steps involved in successful land conservation efforts and shares success stories from around the nation. 1000 Friends Comments on Charlotte County's TDU Program -- This March 2007 letter and fact sheet outline issues related to the county's Transfer of Density Units program. Florida 2060 -- This series of studies examines how Florida will grow and develop over the next 50 years if we do not work to change its patterns of development, and provides recommendations on how to follow the principles of smart growth for a better outcome. Materials inculde the Executive Summary, Statewide Summary, Regional Fact Sheets (Northwest, Panhandle and Big Bend, Northeast, Central, Southwest, Southeast and the Florida Keys), plus full reports Florida 2060: A Population Distribution Scenario for the State of Florida and A Time for Leadership: Growth Management and Florida 2060. Additionally, the University of Central Florida recently released an Alternative 2060 report. Becoming a "Citizen Planner": Community Stewardship I: A Citizen's Guide to Participating in Florida's Growth Management Process -- This reader-friendly handbook opens with an overview of Florida's growth management process, and then focuses on how citizens can become effective advocates for better planning in their communities. 2004. Community Stewardship II: A Citizen's Guide to the Nuts and Bolts of Florida's Growth Management Process -- This companion handbook offers an in-depth description of Florida's growth management process, with more detailed information on local comprehensive plans, land development regulations, and development orders. 2004. Planning for Tomorrow--A Citizen's Guide to Smarter Planning in Florida -- This reader-friendly handbook includes an overview of Florida's growth management process, and explains how citizens can play a more active role in shaping the future of their community. The Facts and Myths Regarding Growth Management -- 1000 Friends' former Legal Director, Terrell Arline, shares his views on growth management at the St. Johns County Civic Roundtable, July 10, 2000. Florida Planning Law: DCA's Growth Management - Statutes and Rules Page Chapter 163 -- Florida's Growth Management Legislation Administrative Code Rule 9J-2 -- Rules of Procedure and Practice Pertaining to Developments of Regional Impact Chapter 186 -- State and Regional Planning Chapter 187 -- State Comprehensive Plan Chapter 380 -- Environmental Land, Water, and Coastal Management and Florida Communities Trust Chapter 120 -- Florida's Administrative Procedures Act |
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