From: Snyder, Ken [Ken_Snyder@nrel.gov]

Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 4:46 PM

To: Snyder, Ken

Cc: Bilo, Susan; 'mike@i4sd.org'

Subject: Several updates regarding Tools for Community Design and

Decision Making

Hello Tools Folks:

A little more than 6 months after our meeting in Stuart, Florida on Tools

for Community Design 'mff@ornl.gov'and Decision Making (TCDDM), I have a

number of relevant updates to share with you.

1. Just today, we finally got Peter Katz's presentation on "New Tools for

Community Design and Decision Making" up on the CESD website

presentation was passed out on CD-ROM at the Florida meeting.

We will continue to post basic information on land use planning and TCDDM

tools on our Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD) website

2. However, within a week, expect a message from Mike Ferreira at the

Florida House Institute announcing their new i4sd Website (I4SD= I'm "4"

Sustainable Development). This site will become the new home for much of

TCDDM information provided to you in the past via the National Center for

will include information on: upcoming meetings, proceedings for past

meetings, concept papers, an interactive tools matrix, etc. Mike is the new

webmaster for Florida House Institute and I expect he will do a much better

job at keeping the site current and useful.

3. Below, I have attached the proceedings from Florida TCDDM III. The

graphical "field notes" from this meeting will soon be available on the i4sd

site. We will provide everyone with a hotlink as soon as it is available.

<<FL-TCDDMProceedings.doc>>

4. Be sure to read Cindy Shea's TCDDM online article at:

5. Regarding Regional Resource Centers: on May 25th, we had a meeting in

Denver involving several experts around the country on the concept of

Friday, Vice President Al Gore announced a 30-point Livable Communities

Initiative to offer more choices to communities seeking to improve their

quality of life. Check out the report by going to

the pdf document), entitled Community Livability Toolbox, in many ways, is a

continuation of our TCDDM efforts. The 19th initiative (p50) supports the

concept of Regional Resource Centers and proposes the establishment of a

National Livability Resource Center to provide better access to information

on federal resources, programs, and tools related to community livability.

I will post a more detailed update on the May 25th meeting on the I4SD

website before the end of June.

6. Below I have attached two Word documents on the newly conceptualized

Association for Better Community Design and Decision Making (ABCD2). One

from John Cleveland, our facilitator at the meeting, and a more recent one

from John Lambie proposing a role for the Florida House Institute in making

ABCD2 happen. These will also be posted on the I4SD website. Send John

Lambie your comments at jlambie@gte.net.

<<FL-Dec2 mtng.doc>> <<FL-NextSteps.doc>>

7. Finally, a Chicago TCDDM meeting is being planned. It will emphasize

the ABCD2 concept. Let us know if you want to participate in the planning

of this event. In preparation for this meeting and to make the distribution

of future notices simpler, we are planning on adding everyone to an

"announcement" listserv for Tools for Community Design and Decision Making.

Let us know if you do NOT want to be included on this listserv. (Don't

worry, you will not get inundated with too many messages from this

listserv).

That's it for now. Feel free to send me any updates relevant to TCDDM.

Ken

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Ken Snyder

Community Development Program Specialist

US Dept of Energy, Denver Regional Office

1617 Cole Blvd; MS 1721

Golden, CO 80401

(303)275-4819

fax (303)275-4830

email: ken_snyder@nrel.gov

www.sustainable.doe.gov

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