Deborah Myerson Planning & Development Consulting


community planning & design

scenic byways

land use, smart growth, & historic preservation

housing

transportation

urban revitalization


Sound Strategies for Sustainable Communities

Community Planning & Design

Planning and design choices have an enormous impact on community livability. Many communities along designated or prospective scenic byways undertake a collaborative planning and design process as part of a corridor management planning effort.

Our services include community visioning and workshop facilitation, design guidelines, resource assessment, and preservation planning.

Publications

  • Author, Involving the Community in Neighborhood Planning, ULI Community Catalysts Series, Urban Land Institute.
  • Author, “Healthy Design, Healthy Communities,” Multifamily Trends Magazine (Spring 2005)
  • Co-author, Conserving Our Treasured Places: Managing Visual Quality on America’s Scenic Byways. America’s Byways Resource Center, Duluth, Minn.
  • Author, Community Action Steps to Preserve the Character and Beauty of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor. Scenic America, Washington, DC.

Workshops and Presentations

  • Presenter, A Visual Assessment of the Lincoln Highway. Pennsylvania Downtown Center Annual Conference, Gettysburg, PA.
  • Workshop Director/Presenter, Crowley’s Ridge Parkway Scenic Conservation Planning Workshop.  Wynne, Arkansas.
  • Workshop Director/Presenter, Big Sur Coast Highway Scenic Conservation Planning Workshop. Big Sur, California.
  • Presenter, Every Mile of the Day’s Run Was A Pleasure: Community Action Steps to Preserve the Character and Beauty of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor.
    • Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, Bedford/Fulton County Chapter, McConnellsburg, PA.
    •  Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, Franklin County Chapter.
    • Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, Westmoreland/Somerset County Chapter.
    • Luncheon Speaker, Statewide Annual Meeting of Pennsylvania RC&D (Resource, Conservation, and Development) Councils , State College, Pennsylvania.
    • Downtown Chambersburg, Inc., Chambersburg, PA.
    • Downtown Chambersburg Annual Town Meeting, Chambersburg, PA
    • Preservation Pennsylvania Annual Conference, “Routes of Heritage,” Greensburg, PA
  • Workshop Director, Dalton Highway Scenic Byway Visioning Session. Fairbanks, Alaska .
  • Presenter, Keeping the Character in Our Community: People Protecting a Local Sense of Place. Pennsylvania Planning Association Conference, Tools to Build the 21st Century , Champion, PA.
  • Presenter, Using Tourism and Recreation to Protect the Landscapes of the “Journey Through Hallowed Ground.” National Trust for Historic Preservation National Preservation Conference, Washington, DC.
  • Presenter, Corridor Management Planning for Scenic Byways.  U.S. Forest Service, National Forest Service Scenic Byways: A Meeting at the Crossroads, Arlington, VA.
  • Presenter, Building Greenway Partnerships: Linking with Scenic Byways.  Second International Greenways Conference, Making the Connection II, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Presenter, Protecting Our Quality of Place. TEA 21: Making the Most of the New Transportation Law, Chicago and Washington, DC.
  • Producer/Presenter, Community Challenges And Choices.  Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga County, Auburn, NY. 


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