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1 <br />7 <br />��ns� H„? ,vr,�,'i <br />Cary, North Carolina I Growth Management Plan <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 />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 />nance, and drafting of adequate public facilities ordinances). <br />r <br />Ttordable Housing Strategies <br />Islamorada, Village of Islands, Florida <br />Workforce Housing Methodology <br />Faced with rapidly increasing housing prices, the Village 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 im- <br />pacts of residential and non - residential development on affordable <br />housing. The team developed implementation legislation for a work- <br />force housing mitigation program that incorporates the methodology, <br />for the Village 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 economic <br />impacts created by new residential and non - residentiol development. <br />Lee County, Florida <br />Workforce Housing Methodology <br />Clarion Associates, in association with Dr. James Nicholas and William <br />Higgins, is developing a legally supportable methodology to assess the <br />impacts of commercial and residential development on affordable <br />housing, and to develop implementation legislation for on affordable <br />housing mitigation program for Lee County, Florida. Like many com- <br />munities in Florida, Lee County has experienced a substantial rise in <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 housing. Clarion and its partners are working with Lee <br />County to diagnose the local affordable housing problem, assess what <br />other communities are doing to address similar affordable housing <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 />POLICY MEMORANDUM: <br />AFFORDABLE HOUSING METHODOLOGY <br />