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The RPC has endeavored to tie its diverse activities together by incorporating its various programs into a comprehensive planning process. The process, based on our transportation planning model, uses stakeholder-driven strategic planning to propose a vision for future regional development. The visioning process is followed by the development of a capital improvement program to shape and to fund infrastructure investment to implement that vision.

The goal of this program is to develop a sustainable regional community that works together to help individual parishes achieve local goals.

The comprehensive plan must be sustainable and realistic at both regional and local levels. Therefore, RPC is not only pursuing its own initiative, but is providing substantial support, coordination, and funding for similar internal efforts within local parishes. RPC efforts include:

• Coordinating and funding the St. Tammany Parish 2025 Parish comprehensive planning effort
• Funding transportation and citizen participation/information component of the New Orleans master plan development
• Funding and coordination of land use plans for St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes
• Funding of a sub-area development plan for the Metairie CBD
• Establishment of a Regional Comprehensive Planning Committee
• Development of uniform standards for a regional land use classification system

Featured Comprehensive Planning Projects

Jefferson Parish:

You might want to go to the Jefferson Parish Envision Jefferson 2020 Web site for information on its comprehensive planning process presently underway.
http://www.envisionjefferson2020.net

Southeast Louisiana:

Top 10 by 2010 is a citizen-based effort to establish a broad vision for a healthy, vital region by addressing economic, social and environmental concerns in order to chart a new course for Southeast Lousiana. Detailed information on this project can be found on its Web site. http://www.top10by2010.org

Smart Growth America — Report: Measuring Sprawl and Its Impact, The Character & Consequences of Metropolitan Expansion. This report ranks 83 metropolitan areas on characteristics related to sprawl.
From the Executive Summary: The study underlying this report, represents the most comprehensive effort yet undertaken to define, measure and evaluate metropolitan sprawl and its impacts. http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org