Planning & Transportation
So at this point there’s been much discussion as to what a theme
is, who will make up a theme working group, what these working group will do
and how they will do it. The town has answered these questions in series of
blog on the 2020 Buzz site, but
there’s a good deal of information to wade through, so I’ve tried to succinctly
summarize them below in a Q&A format:
What is a theme? The town calls the themes the building blocks of the plan.
They’re not necessarily value-laden; instead they’re areas that the plan will
focus on. Currently there are six themes. You can find a list of the current
themes here.
Viewing of speech given by Enrique Penalosa at the International Transport Forum in January, 2011.
Enrique Peñalosa is one of the great urban thinkers of our time. During his three year term (1997–2000) as Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, Peñalosa implemented numerous radical improvements to the city and its citizens' quality of life. He helped transform Bogotá's attitude from one of negative hopelessness to one of pride and hope, developing a model for urban improvement based on the equal rights of all people to transportation, education, and public spaces.
A discussion will follow. Sponsored by the Carrboro Transportation Advisory Board, the UNC dept. of City and Regional Planning, and the Carrboro Bicycle Coalition. A discussion wil follow the speech.
Light refreshments will be served prior to the video.
Date:
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location:
Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St., Carrboro
Tonight residents from
across Chapel Hill gathered for the second stakeholder meeting as part of
Chapel Hill 2020 planning process. I’m going to structure this post, the same
as I did for last one, first I’ll report what happened chronologically and
then give my feedback/thoughts.
Tonight makes the second stakeholder meeting in the Chapel Hill
2020 comprehensive urban planning process. If you’ve been following the 2020 Buzz blog that I posted about a
few days ago (Get
the Buzz on Chapel Hill 2020), you’ve probably already seen that some
themes and vision statements have been posted. I like what the facilitator and
planning staff have come up with and think it’s a great jumping off point, but
from the perspective of my group’s discussions at the first meeting I think a
lot has been left off.
The main thing I think is missing is coverage of the social
aspects of Chapel Hill. My thinking on this was sparked mostly from what my
small group talked about the first meeting. We spent a lot of time talking
about making Chapel Hill a community that supports youth (ages 0-25) and that
has a servant mindset. We also spent a good deal of time talking about Chapel
Hill as it fits into the larger regional context. I can see how these topics
might fit into the themes listed, but I think they deserve more specific
treatment.
Don't like what I'm writing on Chapel Hill 2020? Well there's good
news. The town recently launched a new blog, 2020 Buzz, which will keep you
abreast on all the changes in the process if you don't find my reporting
sufficient :) Here's the good news on the blog: it provides another avenue
to have your voice be heard. You can comment on virtually anything once you
navigate away from the main page and you don't have to been a fancy Wordpress
whiz to figure out how to do it. I think it can also be harnessed to be a
wonderful tool for disseminating information. I would encourage the town
to use a lot of multimedia if possible. People respond to images and videos in
ways that they don’t respond to text, and I know a lot of people out there
learn better through pictures and graphics than they do through words (myself included).
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