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' ® - EWNS - - <br /> 10,w a 61 C7st <br /> Cary, North Carolina I Growth Management Plan cM"rh-Ha,affetne"rPlan <br /> Clarion Associates led a team of consultants in helping this extremely <br /> fast-growing town in North Carolina's Research Triangle plan for and <br /> manage its future growth. The firm drafted a new growth management *' <br /> plan for the Town that articulates goals,objectives,strategies,and pro- <br /> ; _• `.,�'... ��. <br /> posals related to (1)the timing and rate of growth; (2)the amount and <br /> density of growth; (3) the location of growth; (4) the costs of growth; <br /> and (5) the quality of growth. The growth management planning <br /> process provided a mechanism to coordinate numerous Town initia- <br /> tives already underway ( revision of the Unified Development Ordi- <br /> nonce, and drafting of adequate public facilities ordinances). �a7t <br /> Affordable Housing Strategies <br /> Islamorada, Village of Islands, Florida <br /> Workforce Housing Methodology`; <br /> Faced with rapidly increasing housing prices,the Vi ;6 of Islamorada <br /> sought solutions to create affordable housing for their workforce pop <br /> ulation. .Clarion Associates, in association with Dr."James Nicholas, <br /> has developed a legally supportable methodology,to assess the ifll WORKFORCE HOUSING <br /> pacts of residential and non-residential development on affordable SUPPORT STUDY <br /> housing. The team developed implementation legislation for a work <br /> force housing mitigation program that incorporatesthe methodology <br /> for the Villdge of Islamorada,the first of its kind in the state of Florida <br /> Clarion and its partner worked to diagnose the local:workforce hous <br /> ing problem based on an evaluation of the community wide,`ecoriomic <br /> impacts created by new residential and non-residential development. <br /> Lee County,Florida <br /> Workforce Housing Methodology <br /> Clarion Associates, m associaton with_Dr James Nicholas and William <br /> H[ggms,is developing c''legallysuppotable;methodoiogy to assess the i <br /> impacts'of commercial and residentialdevelopment on affordable <br /> housing,`and to develop implementation legislation for on affordable <br /> housing mitigation program for Lee County, Florida. Like many cam <br /> rriunities in Florida; Lee County has experienced a substantial nse in ij, POLICY MEMORANDUM: <br /> a AFFORDABLE HOUSING METHODOLOGY <br /> local residential real estate prices. Because.:of this trend, it is becom , <br /> ing evermore difficult for the county's workforce population to find local <br /> affordable housin 9 -Cluriorr dnd-its-partners'6re Wro king With- <br /> County to diagnose the local affordable housing problem;assess what - <br /> ._ <br /> other communities are doing to address'simllar'affor,p a <br /> shortages, develop a legally defensible methodology for assessing the <br /> impacts that both nonresidential and residential development have on <br /> local affordable housing, and develop the implementing legislation for <br /> the program. <br />