Planners’ Lunch
The Planners’ Lunch enables planning, land use, zoning, and other municipal staff to share ideas, collaborate, and build stronger relationships with each other and with WestCOG. This quarterly meeting often features new topics in planning and development.
Meeting Resources
| Meeting Date | Source | Document |
|---|---|---|
| 11-16-2015 | CT Green Bank | Residential Solar PV Updates |
| 11-16-2015 | CT Green Bank | Solar Score Card |
| 03-14-2016 | John Simone, CT Main Street Center | The Art of Tax Increment Financing: CT’s New TIF District Legislation |
| 03-14-2016 | Michael J. Andreana, Pullman & Comley | Using Tax Increment Financing in Connecticut - Understanding Public Act No. 15 - 57 |
| 06-23-2016 | Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office | Historic/Cultural Resources Coastal Resiliency Planning |
| 09-14-2016 | Robinson & Cole LLP, and the Connecticut Siting Council | Small Cell Telecommunications Facilities |
| 01-11-2017 | Office of Policy & Management | 2018-2023 State Plan of Conservation & Development |
| 03-07-2017 | Don Poland, Goman & York | Planning for Economic Development |
| 03-07-2017 | Partnership For Strong Communities | Economic Impact of Housing |
| 03-07-2017 | Peter Ganong & Daniel Shoag, Harvard | Why Has Regional Income Convergence in the U.S. Stopped? - Slides |
| 03-07-2017 | Peter Ganong & Daniel Shoag, Harvard | Why Has Regional Income Convergence in the U.S. Stopped? - Recording |
| 06-06-2017 | Christy Kovel, CT Commission on Women, Children & Seniors | Connecticut's Aging Landscape |
| 09-20-2017 | John Guszkowski, AICP, Co-Chair & Gov’t Relations Officer Government Relations Committee CCAPA | What's the Side-yard Setback for Grandma? |
| 01-09-2018 | William Rath, Center for Energy & Environmental law at the UConn School of Law | Municipal Resilience Planning Assistance Project |
| 01-09-2018 | Alyssa Norwood, SustainableCT | Sustainable CT Launch |
| 03-06-2018 | Carl Zimmerman, WestCOG | Sidewalks Within the ROW in Western CT |
| 06-05-2018 | Kristin Floberg, WestCOG | The Impact of Auto-Oriented Policies on Downtown Solvency |
| 06-05-2018 | Michael Towle and Eli Egan-Anderson, WestCOG | WestCOG Regional CRS Program Expansion |
| 09-12-2018 | Leo Smith, International Dark-Sky Association | Minimizing Light Pollution |
| 03-12-2019 | Holly Parker, WestCOG | Regional Bicycle Plan |
| 03-12-2019 | Nicholas Trabka and Michael Towle, WestCOG | 2020 Census Participant Ares Program (PSAP) |
| 07-17-2019 | Charles Vidich, WestCOG | Shadow Length Calculation Sheet, The State of Solar Conscious Land Use |
| 07-17-2019 | Charles Vidich and Kristin Floberg, WestCOG | Regional Plan of Conservation and Development Update |
| 11-19-2019 | Charles Vidich, WestCOG | Planning for the Internet of Things |
| 08-25-2020 | Dr. Donald Poland, Goman + York | Housing Affordability: By the Numbers |
| 08-25-2020 | Kristin Floberg and Charles Vidich, WestCOG | Municipal Strategies for Regulating Small Cell Wireless Facilities – Task Force Update |
| 12-08-2021 | WestCOG | The Case for Riparian Corridor Protections, Open Space & Flood Resiliency |
| 3/1/2022 | WestCOG | How to Use Your Hazard Mitigation Plan |