[Durham INC] New Planning Tool for Community Discussion of Land Use Issues

[Pat Carstensen]

https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/land-use/map#/

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Social Pinpoint - Land Use Engagement Initiative<https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/land-use/map#/>
Land Use Engagement Initiative. Use the tabs along the left side of the page to select the proposed zoning map change or annexation case you are interested in providing input on.. Comments you add will be visible on the map, and can be read and liked/disliked at any point by clicking on each icon. To return to the original map view, click the Return to Start button in the upper right corner at ...
durham.mysocialpinpoint.com


The description from Planning:

To meet the needs of our community members, the City-County Planning Department has launched an Interactive Map and Community Input Tool<https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/land-use/map#/> through the Land Use Engagement Site<https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/land-use>.  This tool provides an opportunity for community members to:

  *   Obtain information about zoning map change and annexation petition applications submitted to the Planning Department
  *   Stay updated on engagement opportunities, track the progress of projects, provide input on these projects

  *   See a clear and transparent record of the evolution of a project
  *   See what other community members are saying about development proposals
  *   Learn what information goes into how land use decisions are made

We encourage you to engage with this site early and often, and stay active in cases that have meaning or impact to you and your community.


My view:

It is a good step forward, but assumes users have good internet access, can read through a certain amount of boiler-plate prose about the public interest in the change, and generally can make use of the tool to build community around what they think of the change.  It also doesn't say what will be done with any discussion or comments collected at th site.


Regards, pat

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