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' • - IS iiiVJ s - - - <br /> Wake County, North Carolina Comprehensive <br /> I Growth Management Strategy <br /> WAKE OUNTY <br /> GROWTH MANAGEr ENT STRATEGY <br /> Clarion Associates led a multi-disciplinary team to create a compre- <br /> hensive Growth Management Strategy for Wake County, North Car- <br /> olma,which has experienced significant and unprecedented economic <br /> r development and population growth since 1990. While this growth <br /> has brought significant benefits, Wake County is bracing for at least <br /> r , <br /> 500,000 new residents anticipated to flow into the region over the next <br /> 20 years. In an innovative, intergovernmental approach, Clarion As- <br /> sociates worked closely with a 42.member task force,consisting of rep- <br /> fro resenfatives frorri the County,'the school;.district and twelve <br /> municipalities The'planning process,which was not legislatively man- <br /> dated; focused on growth conceins m seven areas community char <br /> acter,'cost of growth,water/sewer,schools,transport ation,open space, <br /> and land development standards. <br /> Beaufort County, South Caro.!1 thern Re'- <br /> gionctl Plan <br /> Clarion.Associates,`in association with Tischler Associates,developed <br /> a regional plan'for Southern Be,aufoil County,,the fastest growing <br /> county in South Carolina., In an innovative approachj.J., on Asso- <br /> ciatesworked with staff and representatives fromahe County,the Town <br /> of Bluffton,the Town of Hilton Head Island,and key stakeholders from <br /> the area This"collaborative effort created along lasting regional co- <br /> �� operation effort between the local murncipalrties and counfiy. govern <br /> - <br /> Southern Beaufort merit; as well as focus specifically on:the evaluation, of:four key <br /> i County Regional titan }i 4 regionaN issues,land use,:natural:resources,transportation, public fa- <br /> I alines, and _`.t.,- of growth All local governments adopted the plan <br /> m 2006 and are well into developin theYmechanisms and growth <br /> g , <br /> ' manc gemer7t tools.to implement the Regional Plan <br /> 5 't, <br /> . . Miami Beach,'Florida Development Impact <br /> Mitigation System <br /> �^°►'°°' Clarion Associates has been r6iained by the City of Miami.Beach to <br /> develop an:impact mitigation strategy fo.r major development projects <br /> over 50,000 square feet in size: Phdse (of the project will explore the <br /> Impacts of large.development projects on roadway capacity,on street <br /> parking, public trdnsportption, park and recreation qq ties{ 'schools, <br /> and workforce housing and suggest a range of policy and regulatory re <br /> spouses for"City Council consideration Phase .l of the project will re <br /> suit in a set of revised Land Development Regulations, Comprehensive' <br /> Plan amendments,;and other regulatory actions design to address the <br /> impads of large projects <br />