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The Chapel Hill Team
<br /> The Chapel Hill office provides a unique blend of planning and implementation experience. Collectively
<br /> Clarion's two principals and three associates in Chapel Hill have over 60 years of experience working
<br /> with communities on land use planning and zoning solutions. .Bringing together both public planning
<br /> and legal leadership experience, the Chapel Hill office assists its clients;,in developing comprehensive
<br /> plans; growth strategies, development codes, impact fee programs, affordable housing strategies and
<br /> many ot�e-:!1.6 ementation strategies that address a wide array of issues: including rural preservation,
<br /> neigh.6orhood conservation, improvement of design quality, resource protection, balancing residential
<br /> and commercial development; affordable workforce housing, and provision of public services.
<br /> Craig Richardson is a planner, lawyer, and Vice President of Clarion. He is Di-
<br /> ` rector of the fines North Carolina office. Mr. Richardson has consulted with
<br /> over 100 local government clients in a number of states throughout the coun-
<br /> try on the preparation of development codes;`'growth management strategies,
<br /> ",7 r adequate public facility regulations, impact fees, and workforce housing plans
<br /> and .regulations. He has a strong record. of success in leading code revi-
<br /> Sion projects, growth management strategies, and other plan implementation
<br /> efforts. Recent code projects include: Rock Hill, SC; Portsmouth, VA;
<br /> Mooresville NC St Lucie Count
<br /> FL Falls Church VA Folly Beach SC and
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<br /> Teton County, WY Recent growth management efforts include leading the
<br /> firm's preparation of the;South. Be'aufort`Counfy Regional Plan (selected the
<br /> Outstanding Multi-Jurisdictional .Plan by SCAPA); designing the plan confor-
<br /> mance and projects of regional significance process for the Southern Nevada
<br /> > Regional Plan (which won the DeBoer Award for Planning Excellence); and
<br /> leading the public facilities and cost of growth`components of the Wake County
<br /> Growth Management Strategy. In addition, Mr. Richardson has consulted with
<br /> numerous local governments in 12 states in the design, implementation, and
<br /> defense of over 100 impact fee programs, and recently lead efforts in the de-
<br /> sign and implementation of workforce housing strategies in Jackson/Teton
<br /> County, WY;Aspen/Pitkin County, CO; Islamorada, FL (the Florida Keys) and
<br /> Lee County, FL. He is a frequent speaker at planning conferences and has
<br /> written on a number of plan implementation issues. He serves on the faculty for
<br /> "APR's national Zoning'Clinic.
<br /> Rog. r,Waldon, FAICP, is a Principal in Clarion's North Carolina office. He
<br /> served as Planning Director for the Town of Chapel Hill for 21 years, directing
<br /> the Town's comprehensive planning and development review functions. His
<br /> planning and design background, combined with experience as a former
<br /> elected official, contributed to the success of numerous planning initiatives,
<br /> including: implementation of comprehensive plans, special area studies,
<br /> neighborhood plans, and design guidelines:.,'He has prepared growth man-
<br /> `•-agement strategies--for HillsboYOUgtr, NC;hock Hill and Beaufort County, SC,
<br /> and Hanover County,VA."He has``developed neighborhood plans in Chapel
<br /> Hill and Wake Forest, NC,and comprehensive plan updates in Fredericksburg,
<br /> k _ ,VA, Brentwood,TN, Union County, NC and Tupelo,MS. Mr. Waldon is a mem-
<br /> ber of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners,and
<br /> r=� :author of Planners and Politics, a;hoolC recently published by the American
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<br /> Planning Association.
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