Part 3:  The Planning Toolbox

Florida’s communities have numerous land conservation options at their disposal.  Presenters provide frank evaluations of the strengths and weaknesses of some of these options.  Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy and Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida State University Tim Chapin discusses the importance of “following the land” in planning, sector planning, urban development boundaries, and more.  University of South Florida Urban and Regional Planning Program Director and Associate Professor Evangeline Linkous, PhD, AICP, focuses on transfer of development rights programs.  University of Florida Center for Landscape Conservation Planning Urban and Recreational Green Infrastructure Coordinator Isabella Guttuso Browne covers appropriate siting and design of conservation subdivisions.  The Trust for Public Land Vice President and Director of Conservation Finance Will Abberger concludes with a primer on county ballot measures to fund conservation land acquisition in Florida.