Creating Small Scale Community in a Large Scale World

May 21, 2012, 1:30p – 4:30p,
Grappone Conference Center, Concord, NH
by Ross Chapin, FAIA

Objective 1: Participants will learn key planning and design principles for creating sucessful Pocket Neighborhoods by studying historic precedents and contemporary examples.

Objective 2: Participants will identify opportunities to leverage Pocket Neighborhood strategies for infill sites in existing neighborhoods and larger new urban developments.

Objective 3: Participants will be introduced to Pocket Neighborhood ordinances and hear about their application in various jurisdictions.

Objective 4: Participants will review strategies for zoning reform and approaches to overcoming resistance to appropriate density and small-scale housing.

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