A Collaborative Approach to Growth

Residents' input comes first in planning for a possible development in Fagan Canyon.

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October 4, 2003, 7:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Working with a developer, a group of Santa Paula residents embarked Wednesday on an intense seven-day planning and design effort that could be used to build a new community in the cash-starved city that sorely needs an economic jolt.The so-called charrette process... brings together a developer and residents in a collaborative effort aimed at designing projects everyone can support."

Thanks to Kent Strumpell

FULL STORY: Santa Paula Takes Collaborative Approach to Growth

Thursday, October 2, 2003 in The Los Angeles Times

Community / Economic Development California

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