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<br />Henrico County, ~rginia ~
<br />202b Comprehensive Plan Update
<br />In 2004, the Clarion Team led by McBride Dale Clorion was retained to com=
<br />plete an update to Henrico County's Comprehensive Plan. The efFort will in-
<br />.. volve detailed analysis of fufvre land use scenarios thafi wilf assess the best
<br />_planning options for the county based on fiscol, transportation, and innova-
<br />"tive land use issues. The team assembled for this effort includes specialists
<br />: from C- larion Associates, Tischler, Associates, and Kimley-Hom and Associ-
<br />' ates: :The Comprehensive P(an will include interrelated recommendations for
<br />~ ;com~iunityfacilities, park and recreation, land use, and firansporfation. Ad-
<br />cJitionally, C(a;rion :hos created a development design handbook and will re-
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<br />Grov~th Manageme_r~t Strategies
<br />H~Ilsborough,. NC ~ 5#rateg~~ C~rowth_ Plan
<br />Clarion Associotes led a team o~ con~ultants in:J~elping this historic and grow-
<br />ing communi4y manage_ groWth~pottems, ~Ni#h ernphasis on economic devel-
<br />- opmer~t and environinental preservafi~ort ~nfiergoVemmental coocdination
<br />vros ~Cey#osuccess in managing grov~#}i at the ;edges of the community, and
<br />' fio."wn caunty cooperation wos a. poromAUr+# ~bnsideTation: A growth pattem
<br />= wos developed that took best advQntage of utility infrastructure, minimizing
<br />#ra~fic irxipacis and emphasizin,g mixed ;use development. Interlocal consid-
<br />erat~ons includecl establish~ng priontres ~.oraranexation, coordinating land use '
<br />- =plans afi~t}~e interFace of:junsdictional boundaries, and establishing ongoing ..>:
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<br />_ = mechanis.ms for-jomt~ction: The growth ma~agement planning process.pro- :
<br />v~ded a iriechanism to coordinafie nurrierous Town ~nifiatives alreody under-
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<br />w6y (e 9; corndor studies, downfown`~revitalization inifiiatiyes, and design
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<br />- RotIE H~~1, South :Caroi~na :' Growth~ Management Plan
<br />= Tlie Crt~! ~f Roek H~II, South Carolina, hired. Clarion:fo prepare a:Growfih: .
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<br />_ lvlanage'ment Pliin for th'e Gty and its~Urbai~:ServicesArea. Rock Hill had';
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<br />- previovsly refiained C~arior+ to update=its Zoning Ordina.nce to address growth
<br />- `managemenf and design issues within the Gity: The additional task was.to _
<br />: _address developmenfi pressures:in the.35,000 acre;unincorporafed port~on',
<br />of. Rock flill's:Urkion Services flrea. .Rural land was quickly being corisumed
<br />by low-densify. resid.ential development. .The Growth Management Plan fo-
<br />cuses on these unincorporated areas and identifies strategies for five key os-
<br />qects of:new.develapriient .;'location, amount, rate, cost, and quality
<br />- ~_ ;-.ldentified.strd~egies include re-examination of policies for extension of pub-
<br />- licfacilities; and designating priority development.
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