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5280 feet = 1 mile

0. 165. 330. 660. 1320. 2640. 5280 feet. 0. 4. 5280 feet = 1 mile. Who are we? What are we doing?. US EPA “To protect the environment and human health. “ Office of Research and Development Verle Hansen, PhD – architect, planner

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5280 feet = 1 mile

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  1. 0 165 330 660 1320 2640 5280 feet 0 4 5280 feet = 1 mile

  2. Who are we? What are we doing? • US EPA “To protect the environment and human health. “ • Office of Research and Development • Verle Hansen, PhD – architect, planner • Research how to develop the built environment so as to leave natural systems intact. • Allison Roy, PhD – ecologist • Kelly Black, Neptune and Company – SMARTe consultant 6

  3. Why are we here? • Stella has agreed to try (beta test) SMARTe* • to locate resources/info to reuse Cardwell site. • But tools for ‘sustainable’ development are untried. • Stella has agreed to help us apply and develop sustainability tools, and benefit from our learning. * (Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools – electronic) 6

  4. What’s in it for Stella? • A Vision – an image of what could be • A Plan – A product of integrating your values with science to be relevant to each other. • Basis for efficient roads, waterlines, schools • Participate in a new future • Opportunity to create a viable community for you and future generations 6

  5. What’s in it for EPA? • Understanding what is involved in sustaining the environment, society, and economy. • A predictable way to ‘protect’ environment and human health, and saving $billions and decades lost if we don’t ‘protect’. • A strategy and tools for breathing new life into thousands of communities like yours. 6

  6. Why should you participate? Question: How should development create “livable, inspiring, enduring, and equitable places…where the quality of life and the long-term quality of human existence will be enhanced rather than depleted?” (Timothy Beatley and Kristy Manning, The Ecolocy of Place (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, p. 2) • Only you can answer • Your plan • SMARTe and EPA may help find answers but – • Decisions will be yours. • Implementation will be by you. • Alterations will be by you. • Planner’s responsibility –to empower you 6

  7. The Challenge • To identify developable spaces • Out of harms way • Keeping natural systems intact • To plan these areas to reflect your • Needs • Values • To integrate your Needs/Values with requirements of intact natural systems

  8. What You Can Expect • August 21 - That we listen to you. • March 07 – A Preliminary Plan reflects your input and seeks your response. • April/May 07 – A Final Plan that integrates your values and needs with: • Intact natural systems • Quality social institutions • Opportunities for economic expansion ► A Long-term Vision for Stella◄

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