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<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 other implementation strategies that address a wide array of issues including rural preservation,
<br />neighborhood '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 firm's 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 />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 County, FL; Falls Church, VA; Folly Beach, SC; and
<br />Teton County, WY. Recent growth management efforts include leading the
<br />firm's preparation of the South Beaufort County 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 />APNs national Zoning Clinic.
<br />Roger 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
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<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 Hillsborough, NC, Rock Hill and Beaufort County, SC,
<br />and Hanover County, VA. He has developed neighborhood plans in Chapel
<br />W 5 Hill and Wake Forest, NC, and comprehensive plan updates in Fredericksburg,
<br />VA Brentwood, TN Union County, NC and Tupelo, MS. Mr. Woldon is a mem-
<br />ber of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and
<br />' " author of Planners and Politics, a book recently published by the American
<br />Planning Association.
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