ARC starts work on 'tool kit' topics for Community Choices

ARC

starts work on 'tool kit' topics for Community Choices

The Atlanta

Regional Commission recently began work on developing five "tool

kit" components that will serve as a foundational piece of the Community

Choices program.

Community Choices

is a comprehensive program that endeavors to take the best planning practices

locally and nationally and provide them to local jurisdictions as a variety

of choices to help manage increasingly complex growth issues. The tool

kit will be one vehicle to help accomplish this.

These topics

will be developed in two phases, with the first phase providing an overview

of the topic, and the second phase consisting of a detailed explanation

of how local governments can employ the strategies in their jurisdiction.

The five topics are:

Infill development

and design considerations.

Transit-oriented

development.

Mixed-income

housing strategies.

Traditional

neighborhood development.

Uses of overlay

districts.

The tool kit

is being developed in concert with the Georgia Quality Growth Partnership,

which consists of more than 35 organizations to promote better growth

options in the state. During the early stages of tool kit development,

ARC and the state Department of Community Affairs initiated the GQGP to

share ideas and best practices and to avoid duplicating efforts.

For information

phone Dan Reuter at 404-463-3305 or Dee Klein at 404-463-3214.