How do you fight rampant development? How do you make sure your voice is heard when big decisions affecting your environment are made at the city level? Do you want to see better public transit and improved environmental protection?



First of all, find out the facts, learn the process, and start making connections.



Join RADO, RAP, and the City of Jacksonville’s Planning and Development Department at 7pm, August 18th at Riverside Presbyterian Church (849 Park Street), in Bettinger Hall, for an information session on the City’s Future Land Use Map process.



In their words,

“The Planning and Development Department is updating the City’s Comprehensive Plan, including the Future Land Use Map. This map helps to guide growth and development in the City.



Land Use is a general vision for the way residents would like to see their city develop. Decisions about Land Use should consider such questions as:

· What type of community do you want to live in?

· What type of amenities, such as transit, or park space, do you want near your home?

· Is your neighborhood urban, mixed-use and pedestrian oriented or rural?

In the Land Use planning process these broad statements are translated into a map to produce a visual representation of the intended development pattern for the City.”



This is a complex and extremely important policy process. If you care about the shape of your city, and have strong feelings about the way it ought to look, and what ought to be preserved, you must get involved in this process.



If you have any questions about why you should care about this meeting, please ask. There aren’t enough opportunities for citizens to express their opinions about development practices. This is one of them.



See you there.



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RADO – Riverside Avondale Development Organization

www.radocdc.org

904.381.0950

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