How to Build Community Support for Zoning Success

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Las Vegas Convention Center, South 231

Format: Building Knowledge Session
Level of Content: Novice
Track: Design, Development & Community Planning
Continuing Education: NAHB - 1.00 CE hour(s), NKBA - 0.1 CEU(s), AIA - 1.00 LU hour(s)
Appropriate for: Multifamily Builders & Developers, Designers, Architects, Engineers & Planners, Land Development

Speaker(s): 
Christopher Grady, KEPHART, Denver, CO
Ken Linehan, AIA, LEED AP, Fugleberg Koch Architects, PLLC, Winter Park, FL

What It’s About:
As big builders are breaking ground on large developments, smaller builders are gravitating toward infill parcels in order to compete, yet these sites can often be fraught with community opposition. Hear how others are successfully using community meetings, municipal staff interface and public hearings to ease concerns, and get direction on the best ways to gain zoning approvals, improve rapport with neighbors and convert opponents into partners. You'll even have the opportunity to brainstorm about specific challenges you face and work with an expert panelist to develop a plan for success. You'll walk away armed with tips and tactics for ending the political fight and working toward positive outcomes for both the community and builder.

What You'll Learn:
Discover effective ways to navigate a neighborhood meeting.
Examine ways to appreciate opposing views and convert opponents into partners.
Identify the rules of the game by learning when and how to present ideas and ask for responses.
Recognize how to turn your project into a community victory.

Related Program(s):
Small Builders, Big Ideas
Creating Community: What Buyers Really Want & How You Can Deliver It
Site Design Plan Review