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Special <br />Focus <br />Program <br /> <br />TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR LOCAL <br /> <br />PLANNING <br /> <br />Special <br />Customized <br />Option <br /> <br />Learn how to take advantage of easy-to-use Gl5 tools and local area resource data to improve your loPal <br />planning efforl~. New applications developed by Minnesota Planning can help dddress lhe broad spedrum of <br />environmental and sustainable planning issues in your count-y, township or communih/- from the "agriculture <br />versus residentiaF quandan/to urban sprawl lo lakesl~ore development. Conveding the wealth of available data <br />into visual representations makes if much easier for local decisionmakers to understand complex spatial <br />relationships and how lhey would be dffeded by various land use decisions. Each participant will receive a <br />"planning kit" for developing scenarios and preparing plans.that address local goals. Topics include: <br />¢' Using Geographic Information Systems IGIS) - The Basics <br /> Environmental, resource, social and economic data - Whats Available? <br />¢' New tools available to access, interpret and supplement'this data;.how to use them <br />¢' New tools for analyzing various state datasels Jn modeling scenarios for planning purposes; how to use <br /> lhem to assess impact af choices, set priorities and weigh alternatives based on local conditions and needs <br />v' How to answer key planning questions such as: <br /> Where are our resource assets and planning challenges? ' <br /> What areas are best suited for a particular use? <br /> Whal /and could be impacted by a proposed po/icy? <br /> <br />AUDIENCE: Especially for staff in nan-metro counties, cities, townships, regional development commissions as <br />well os interested decision-makers <br />FACULTY <br />Jeffrey Bloomquist is a Senior Proiect Consullant with Minnesota'Planning. He has been working directly wilh local <br />communilJes for the past four years in various planning environments using geographic information and technical models. <br />He holds a B.A. in Urban & Regional SludJes/Oeography from lhe University of Minnesola-Ouluth and a Masters in <br />Resource Analysis from St. Mary's University. <br /> <br />Aaron 8uffington, Senior Prated Consultant with Minnesota Planning, has been working wilh Gl5 in/he planning field <br />since 1996. He has worked os a planner at city, regional and state levels. He has a B.A. in Geography from UMD and also <br />holds an M.A. Jn Resource Analysis from St. Mary's Universilv. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />tN-HOUSE PROGRAMS <br /> <br /> Contact Carol $choeneck at 651-222-7409 x205 <br /> csc h oen ack@ m n ts.g.!.R_.R~ ' <br /> <br />OTS can tailor any of the workshops in this catalog to meet the current needs of your communil',/. You choose lhe <br />date and Iocallon; we provide the facully and materials! Benefits of lhis customized approach to land use <br />lraining include: <br /> <br />," You idenll~ the topics to be addressed by facutt',/--.-ensuring that current key community issues are covered. <br />,/ A diverse group from your communilv/or group of communitiesl can altend at a far lower cost than sending <br /> them to open enrollment workshops <br />7 You are 9uaranteed a date and time convenient to the participants. <br /> <br />Additional workshops are available on a wide range of land use.planning topics - from Shoreland Manage- <br />mentto Building and Sustaining Community Character. <br /> <br /> -. <br /> ABouT GOVERNMENT TRAINING' SERVICE: ' - ' <br /> Your Proven Partner for.' Public Sector Conferences and' Education '- <br /> Government Training Service,. is- a public organization, whose.- mission is- to <br /> provide innovative, comprehensive, practical-training and consulting to. address <br /> the changing management and leadershie needs of p'olicymakers, staff_ and;' <br /> appointed: officials in publicly-funded organizations in l~innesota'. . <br /> <br /> <br />