Municipal Planning in Chester County:
A New Decade and a Difficult Economy
Brandywine Conservancy
Environmental Management Center
Brandywine River Museum
Riverside Entrance to Lecture Room
U.S. Route 1, Chadds Ford, PA
April 15, 2010
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Rescheduled due to weather-related cancellation
6:00 p.m. — Refreshments
6:30 p.m. — Welcome
John Theilacker, AICP, Associate Director, Brandywine Conservancy, Environmental Management Center
6:35 p.m. — Planning in PA, Landscapes2, and Municipal Partnering
Ronald Bailey, AICP, Executive Director, Chester County Planning Commission
7:10 p.m. — Break
7:15 p.m. — Municipal Successes in a Difficult Economy
Andy Paravis, North Coventry Township
Mike Brown, Honey Brook Township
Nan Latimer, Franklin Township
Topics include community and economic development; farmland preservation and growth management; natural resources, greenways, and open space planning
8:15 p.m. — Questions, Answers, and Discussion
This program will orient new and invigorate experienced municipal officials (and others) in Chester County about the challenging climate for local planning and plan implementation. Attendees will learn about the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, which can help with municipal and multi-municipal planning and regulation. We will unveil the web-based Landscapes2, Chester County’s long range plan. You will discover ways to integrate its goals into your municipality’s plan. You will also hear from fellow municipal officials about their efforts to build local capacity and achieve planning objectives using innovative tools, collaborating with public, private, and non-profit groups, and leveraging local dollars with grant funding.