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0.,, <br /> ,, ,,,,t,, <br /> Ignite Leadershipand <br /> 0 ... <br /> Nurture Partnership <br /> , , , <br /> Local government and the business community, working together, must cre- <br /> ate a smart growth partnership to envision what they want their strips <br /> to become, to construct strategies for achieving their vision, and to develop <br /> detailed plans for implementing the changes that are needed to accommodate <br /> growth. To be successful, partnerships must include individual citizens, local <br /> interest groups, landowners, shopping center representatives, retail and residen- <br /> tial tenants, and local planning and economic development agencies. <br /> Public and private leaders must encourage the stakeholders to debate alterna- <br /> tives to their strips and decide how they should evolve. Too often, stakeholders <br /> have difficulty seeing beyond what currently exists and envisioning alternatives <br /> that would create a more livable environment. Strong leadership and imagina- <br /> tion are required to motivate them to move ahead, recognizing that suburban <br /> strips are immature forms of development that can be improved as they grow. <br /> Successful partnerships to reinvent suburban strips require the creation of formal <br /> • planning and management entities that are subordinate to but separate from the <br /> governmental agencies responsible for the larger community or county. Such <br /> management entities need to take over "ownership" of a strip and manage its <br /> future. The public/private entity should be a nonprofit development corporation, <br /> a business improvement district, or a combination of the two. As it directs the <br /> reinvention of the strip, <br /> the entity should perform <br /> the following functions: <br /> 1011111i ' ' ' <br /> ö Reach consensus, with <br /> 410k , Jr the active participation of <br /> color :iiir the public and private <br /> .: ' ,, stakeholders, on the corn <br /> ' INmunity's vision of what <br /> . .. f r,tl Y% LW <br /> •.:. the strip should become; <br /> • ■ Participate in the <br /> �: development and redevel- <br /> opment of the strip con- <br /> y sistent with the partner- <br /> „_ . , -,.. "-I ship's vision; <br /> ' `+ Il Acquire, assemble, and <br /> Nov parcel out land to permit <br /> 3.. new forms of infill devel- <br /> w <br /> opment; <br /> 0 <br /> 2 <br />