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52 <br />Cary, [ttorfh Carolina ~ Growth Management Plan <br />Clarion Associates led a teom of consultants in helping this extremely <br />fast-growing town in Norfh Carolina's Research Triangle plan for and <br />manage its future growth. The firm drafted a new growth management <br />plan forthe Town that articulates goals, objectives, strategies, and pro- <br />posals related fio (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 .Developriient Ordi- <br />nqnce;~arad .drafting of adequate public facilifiies ordiriances). . <br />~~o,rc~c~~~e;~~u~~~i~ Str~te~i~s . -:. <br />lstamorada, Vi(lage of lslancls, Fic~r~da.'~ - <br />Workforce Housing Methodology. _ <br />Faced with rapidly increasing housing prices, the5Village.:of Islamorada <br />sought: solutions to create affo~doble iiousing for ther"r.workforce pop= <br />ulation: Clarion Associates, in association with" Dr. °:lames. NicHolps~: .. <br />: <br />has developed a legatly supportoble:_inethodology. to. pssess.the .im, .;~. <br />pacts: o{.residential and non-residential development.on affordable <br />housing, . l'he team developed implementation`1~egislation for a worlc- ;-- <br />:: : , _, :;. . ~ . o <br />force ho:using mitigation program thafi incorporates the methodology: :. ~~ <br />for the Vi~lage of Islamorada, the first of i~s kind in. the stdte of_Florida: - <br />Clarion :and its partner worked to diagriose:the.local.workforce hous= <br />ing problem based on an evaJuation, of the community-ivide economic <br />impacfs created by new residential ond non-residential development_ <br />Lee Coun#y, Fiorida ~ <br />Workforce Housing Methadology - - <br />Clarion Associafes, in assoaati.on wrth-0r. Jaiiies Nicholas and William <br />,}-iiggiris,. is developmg a aegally supportable methodology.fo assess the <br />impacts .o€ commercial;:and:residential development.on affordable <br />- 'housmg, pnd .#o. deYelop implementation legislation for on affordable <br />'housing riirfigation progi-am for Lee County, Fiorida. Like.many com=- ° <br />- munities in Florida, Lee County has. experienced:.p `,substantia( nse. in ' <br />local residential real estate prices. _ Because ~f #his.trend, it is becom=:.- <br />ing evermore difficult forthe count~r's wo~kforce -population ~o find local ~~ <br />affordable housing. Clarion .and ~ts ~Partners;:are v~torking_=w'rfih Lee- <br />County to diagnose the local offordable housing problem, assess what..' ' <br />other communities are doing to address similar afForda.ble:~housing <br />shortages, develop a legalty defensible methodology.for assessing the <br />impacts that both nonresidential and residential development have on <br />local afFordable housing, dnd develop the implementing legislation for <br />the program. <br />PQU~Y YEMORANDUM: <br />AFFORPABLE HfNISING AtETtIOCOLOGY <br />. _ .. ,~, <br />