Community Matters

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Community Matters
Pattsi Petrie, PhD, AICP University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
ACSP 9 November 2006 Fort Worth
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WHAT IS COMMUNITY MATTERS?

• Collaboration DURP/UIUC UI extensionCED
• 3 yearsas pilot 2005-2008
• Potentially interdisciplinary
• Work with small communities neighborhoods

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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WHAT IS COMMUNITY MATTERS?

• Land Grant missionoutreach educational
  component
• Promotes community planning sustainability
• Participants chosen by application process
• ModelISU Highway Beautification ProgramAPA
  Award 2006

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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WHY COLLABORATE WITH EXTENSION

• Feet on the groundgood connections
• Incredible telecommunication system throughout
  state
• Community and Economic Development advisors/
  educators exist in almost every state AND THEY
  ARE DOING OUR JOB without the knowledge base

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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FIRST YEAR 2005-2006

• Very clumsy vertical learning curve
• Worked with Macomb, IL fall 05 chosen by default
• Worked with Carlyle, IL spring 06 chosen by app
• Seed funding from extension cost recovery
• Educational componentCommunity Planning
  WorkshopPublic Planning Processes
  www.urban.uiuc.edu/courses/up494p

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi Petrie,
PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
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MACOMB, IL

• Located in middle, western IL--isolated
• 35, 000
• County seat
• Western Illinois Universitycampus master plan
• Deming ready
• New northern bypass highway
• Focus-Jackson Street

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi Petrie,
PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
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PUBLIC PLANNING PROCESS

• Charrette1.5 days
• Participants150 several extension educators
• StudentsUIUC-12 WIU-2
• Processvery open
• Diversityslight success no h.s. students
• Proceduregathered input ??? into designs

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi Petrie,
PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
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RESULTS

• Reportsummary of ideas design ideas for
  Jackson
• Boardsdisplaying designs
• Brochurehandout used in other communities
• PresentationMacomb Planning Commission
• Design boards posted throughout community
• www.urban.uiuc.edu/ce/cm

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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LONG TERM FALL OUT

• Haeger bldgartist live/work spaceWIU
• Continuing involvement local extension
• Community talking about planning
• Planning Institutecommunity Haeger

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi Petrie,
PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
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CARYLE, IL

• Population3500
• Isolated
• Located 55 miles directly east of St.
  Louis/divided by 2 busy highways
• Lake Carlylelargest man made lake in IL/
  Kaskaskia river
• Predominately farming
• County seat
• Not Deming ready/city administrator

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD,AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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PUBLIC PLANNING PROCESS

• Community Meetinghalf day
• Participants12 selected (11 men, 1 women) 2
  extension
• Diversitynone no h.s. students
• StudentsUIUC-6
• Processvery closed/community unaware
• Proceduregathered input ??? built scenarios
  ??? into designs

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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RESULTS

• Practice Presentationselect community
  memberscriticized
• Presentation in Carlyleselect community
  membersnot well received
• www.urban.uiuc.edu/ce/cm

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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LONG TERM FALL OUT

• Ignored planning suggestions previous ext
  study
• Established TIF so local developer can build
  150 houses/no connectivity
• Design ideas for lake area negatedflood area/
  information not previously available
• Community talking with extension educators
• City manager has developed 60 page strategic
  plan by himself/no community input

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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PUBLIC PLANNING PROCESS LESSONS

• Deming ready community openness
• Boiler plating does not work
• We still do not know how to engage the diverse
  populations of a community
• Students almost perfect facilitator
  collective talents
• No mechanism for follow through
• Planning CE Ext Community Matters
  participants

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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EXTENSION COLLABORATION LESSONS

• Meshing extension way to work academic
  calendar
• Capture opportunities to educate extension
  educators
• Extension boiler plates tool box
• Extension emulates other extensions

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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EXTENSION COLLABORATION LESSONS

• Literature challenged
• Lack planning knowledge
• NONETHELESSACADEMIC PRACTITIONER APA
• Extension educators can be asset

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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FALL 2006

• Fayetteville, IL
• 384 pop
• 28 minutes SE St. Louis/divided by 2 busy hwys
• Processvery open 12 community members 1
  h.s. student/diversitynone
• Surrounded by farm land
• Deming ready

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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FALL 2006

• Kaskaskia riverUS Army Corps of Engineers
  straightened river/this killed tourism
• New highways added to decrease in traffic
• Scott AFB 8 miles N/will be expanded to 20,000
• Coal power plant to be built 15 miles SE
• Metra from St Louis goes to Scott

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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FALL 2006

• Procedure
• preliminary survey
• community conversation
• scenario presentations (trial ballons)
• used maps to record reaction to scenarios
• Resultsimple comprehensive plan design ideas
• Potentialcontinue work

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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SPRING 2007

• 5-county projectlower middle of IL
• CollaborationDURP LEAM extension
• Some counties Deming ready/some not
• Maybe too many cooks in the kitchen
• Still in nascent, planning stage
• Potentialopportunity to compare various public
  planning processes community engagement

ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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CHALLENGING QUESTIONS
ACSP 9 November 2006

Pattsi
Petrie, PhD, AICPFort Worth

University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign