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Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Implementation Class
Dear Georgia Planners,
The Georgia Chapter of the American Planning Association (GPA) is cosponsoring with the Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy a one-day Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) implementation class on Friday, November 9th, 2007 from 9 am - 4 pm in Palmetto, Georgia. Palmetto is located approximately 25 miles southwest of Atlanta. Changes to Georgia’s TDR law were approved by the Georgia legislature several years ago and have made it easier for a communities and non-profit organizations to use TDR. The TDR training class is intended to focus on the nuts and bolts of operating a TDR program. A save the date card for the training is attached.
TDR is a tool that allows a community to designate development “receiving areas” to legally transfer property development rights from “sending areas” and thereby protect greater open space. The only current Georgia TDR example and the location of the training event is the Chattahoochee Hill Country in Fulton County. The Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy is a non-profit organization seeking to implement a land use plan to protect the ecological health and quality of life in a 65,000-acre area of south Fulton County, northwestern Coweta County, eastern Carroll County and eastern Douglas County.
To help communities become better acquainted with this land management tool and provide them the fundamentals on how to go about implementing it, the Atlanta Regional Commission and the American Planning Association-Georgia Chapter along with the Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy is sponsoring this TDR training event. To learn more about the Conservancy and Transfer Development Rights, please visit their website at http://www.chatthillcountry.org.
I hope that you will take advantage of this outstanding training opportunity. I will provide you more details on this class once it becomes available.
Dan Reuter, AICP, President
Georgia Chapter
American Planning Association
Making Great Communities Happen
Download the Save-the-Date Card (pdf)
GPA - 2007 Fall Conference
This is a unique opportunity to interact with allied professionals and an event that you do not want to miss. This years fall conference is September 19 -21 and is being held in Savannah, GA. Complete the online form for a quick and convenient way to register and feel free to download the tentative schedule below. We look forward to seeing you there!
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GPA Divisions Forum
The Georgia Chapter of the American Planning Association represents professionals, public officials and citizen planners with a wide diversity of planning focus. To better serve our membership, the GPA Board has established a mechanism to encourage more communication between members of similar interests. We would request that all members see the new GPA Divisions Page (under “Resources”) and sign up for one or more of the (9) newly established GPA “Divisions”.
Divisions include Zoning Administration, Diversity in Planning, Economic Development, Environment, Natural Resources and Energy, Information Technology, Small Town and Rural Planning, Transportation Planning, Urban Design and Preservation, and Housing and Community Development. Creating an account will allow you to receive information on resources and to monitor and participate in discussions of particular relevance to your interest in planning.
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