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What we recommend |
- Small towns should consider carrying out a ‘long-term planning exercise’, especially in order to define the land use and development needs to achieve the vision in the ‘Whole Town Strategy’ (see ‘WTS’ section).
- Efforts should be made to engage the community in such an exercise (see ‘Community Dialogue’ component). All parts of the community will be interested, since long-term development can be controversial.
- The exercise must take account of the vision in the ‘Whole Town Strategy’ and ensure that the features that make the small town can be protected and sustained in the future.
- Think about ‘where you are now’ and ‘what legacy you want to create’.
- Pursue quality results at all times.
- Get multi-party political support for the long-term plan.
Recommended Reading:
See Ecoplan International publications:
www.ecoplan.ca/index.php?page=reports#Community_and_Local_Economic_Development
Local Economic Development (LED) series - Promoting Local Economic Development through Strategic Planning (available on UN-Habitat website) www.unhabitat.org/pmss/getPage.asp?page=bookView&book=1922
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