Program
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Community
Roundtable - June 12, 2001
Every Tuesday, community activists bring their perspectives to
a wide range of issues of local concern.
June 12, 2001
Topic: Growth
A panel of community leaders talk about the impact of growth,
both positive and negative; how Growing Smarter is shaping growth
management; what role impact fees should play in new construction
and the backlash against building huge super stores.
In-Studio Guests:
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Joan
Kelchner, M.D.
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Emergency room physician.
Member of the Phoenix Planning Commission. |
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Aircrew Life Support Superintendent of the
56th Fighter Wing at Luke A.F.B.
Co-chairman of the West Valley Alliance and Chairman of
the Dysart Unified School Board Financial Oversight Committee |
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Craig
Alhstrom
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President and CEO, Sunland Village,
a retirement community in East Mesa.
President of the Mesa Chamber of Commerce and serves on
Mesa's Design Review Board and Citizen Advisory Board |
Transcript
"Actually,
I grew up in Denver, but I am a native westerner, and I'm well
aware of the sentiment that everybody's supposed to have their
own house, you know and their own land and their own space and
yet at the same time, particularly in the west, every poll we
take, every survey we take, says people wants to save the open
space, they want the preserves, they don't want people building
on the mountains, they don't want to go too far out in the desert
and they consider it a very serious problem.
Joan Kelchner, M.D.
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Important Links
and Resources
Growth
Arizona Planning Association http://www.azplanning.org/
Morrison Institute Growth Report http://www.asu.edu/copp/morrison/growth.htm
New Urbanism Information http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newurbanism/
ASU College of Architecture and Environmental Design Report on
Sustainable Development http://www.asu.edu/caed/research/index.asp
Urban Sprawl Information http://www.goldcanyon.com/us/urbansprawl.html
Cyburbia: Planning, Growth and Sprawl Information http://cyburbia.ap.buffalo.edu/pairc/
Planetizen Internet planning site http://www.planetizen.com/
Big Box Information http://www.asu.edu/caed/proceedings98/Duerk/duerk.html
Arizona city’s general plan updates
Camp Verde http://162.42.164.73/schedule.htm
Carefree http://www.carefree.org/planzone.html
Casa Grande http://www.ci.casa-grande.az.us/news.shtml#E
Cave Creek http://www.cavecreek.org/services/planning.html
Chandler http://www.chandleraz.org/html/about/general%20plan/index.asp
Gilbert http://www.ci.gilbert.az.us/commdev.htm
Eloy http://www.ci.eloy.az.us/generalplan.htm
Flagstaff http://www.flagstaff.az.gov/planning/index.cfm
Glendale http://www.glendaleaz.org/news_pubs/news_releases/GeneralPlanUpdate.html
Goodyear http://www.ci.goodyear.az.us/new/html/citydepartments/comdev/planningzoning.html
Litchfield Park http://www.litchfield-park.org/PZcomm.htm
Paradise Valley http://www.ci.paradise-valley.az.us/Townhall/ComDev.htm
Peoria http://www.peoriaaz.com/GenPlan/Default.htm
Phoenix http://www.ci.phoenix.az.us/PLANNING/gpindex.asp
Pinetop-Lakeside http://ci.pinetop-lakeside.az.us/genplan.shtml
Prescott Valley http://www.pvaz.net/CommunityDevelopment/CommDev_BulletinBoard.htm
Queen Creek http://www.queencreek.org/
Sahuarita http://ci.sahuarita.az.us/planning.htm
Scottsdale http://www.ci.scottsdale.az.us/communityplan/
Sedona http://www.city.sedona.net/plans_codes.htm
Surprise http://www.surpriseaz.com/generalplan/index.htm
Tempe http://www.tempe.gov/tdsi/planning/
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