Planning and Zoning Initiative
The NY State Office for the Aging and the State Department of State are pleased to announce an innovative initiative under which guidelines, technical assistance resources, and examples of successful practices related to housing, community design, planning, and zoning will be prepared for towns and cities across the State.
The intent of the new initiative is to help New York's communities better respond to their dramatically changing demographic profiles and to help them create neighborhoods that reflect the aging and increasing diversity of their populations . . . making New York the best place for residents to live, work, grow up, and grow old.
Following are links to presentations made by five of the speakers at a statewide meeting convened to launch the new initiative on September 4, 2008.
- Michael J. Burgess, Director, NY State Office for the Aging, opened the meeting and provided the legislative directive for the new initiative.
- Vera Prosper, PhD, Coordinator, Planning and Zoning Initiative, NY State Office for the Aging, described the major components of the initiative.
- Robert Scardamalia, Director, Center for Research & Information Analysis, NY State Department of Economic Development, provided an overview of New York's demographic and social trends.
- Greg Olsen, Deputy Director, Policy, Research, and Legislative Affairs, NY State Office for the Aging, gave an overview of New York's housing and long-term care policy trends.
- Linda King, Land Use Training Manager, NY State Department of State, discussed planning and zoning issues and strategies.
If you are unable to open the power point presentations on your computer, you can receive paper copies of the material by contacting Vera Propser at the New York State Office for the Aging.