Planning Academy II - Green Bellingham: Achieving Infill, Enhancing Character

The second city-hosted Planning Academy, titled Green Bellingham - Achieving Infill, Enhancing Character, is scheduled for April 30th, May 7th, May 21st and May 28th at 1320 Cornwall Avenue (former Kendrick's Billiards), from 6-9 p.m. The purpose of this series is to engage community members in creating a "toolbox" of alternative housing types that may be integrated into appropriate areas of existing and new neighborhoods. All available course materials will be posted on this website, and all workshops are being filmed and shown on BTV10.

Pre-registration is required, and the registration is now full. Open Houses are scheduled for Wednesday, May 22nd and Friday, May 30th from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 1320 Cornwall Avenue. Anyone may come by to view and provide feedback on the materials being evaluated by the Planning Academy II participants.

Workshop I - April 30, 2008 - Overview, Context and Purpose

HOMEWORK - Print, read and bring with you the following article: Filling in the Spaces: Ten Essentials for Successful Urban Infill Housing from The Housing Partnership
True Urbanism: Living In and Near the Center by Mark Hinshaw, (2007). A copy of this book will be handed out at Workshop I to each participant. Can be obtained by clicking here.
Materials
- Agenda (PDF)
- Mark Hinshaw's PowerPoint
  - Part 1 (PDF 4.82 MB)
  - Part 2 (PDF 5.03 MB)

Workshop II - May 7, 2008 -- Neighborhood Infill Forms

Materials
- Agenda (PDF)
- PowerPoint Presentations
- Neighborhood Infill Housing Types

Workshop III - May 21, 2008 -- Urban Village and Transitional Infill Forms

Materials
- Urban Village - Transitional Area Infill Types
- PowerPoint on Bellingham Housing Infill
  - Part 1 (slides 1-17) (PDF 2.54 MB)
  - Part 2 (slides 18-35) (PDF 2.72 MB)
- WWU Students on self-evaluations from Session II PowerPoint (PDF 836K)
  - Comments from Session II

Workshop IV - May 28, 2008 -- Summarize Findings, Tools, and Next Steps

Code and Character Task Force

The Code and Character Taskforce, comprised of citizens representing many different stakeholder groups, met a total of four times to discuss the components necessary to make Planning Academy II a success.