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WORKSHOP SITES TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR LOCAL PLANNING All workshop sites are accessible to persons with disabilities and have convenient parking for participants. A 8:30 AM-12:30 PM (final check-in:8:00 AM) small sleeping room block has been reserved as indicated until three weeks before the workshop. See rates below. Participants needing such overnight accommodations should make reservations directly with the hotel. Special Wednesday,April 17-Sawmill Inn,Grand Rapids Be sure to mention the"Land Use Planning Workshop'when making reservations to obtain these special rates! FOCUS Wednesday,May 1-Holiday Inn,Mankato St.Paul Grand Rapids Mankato Program Thursday,May 16-Best Western Kelly Inn,St.Cloud Earle Brown Continuing Sawmill Inn Holiday Inn-Downtown Education Center 2301 South Pokegama Ave. 101 East Main Street Learn how to take advantage of easy-to-use GIS tools and local area resource data 1890 Buford Avenue 218-326-8501 507-345-1234 to improve your local planning efforts. New applications developed by Minnesota 651-624-3411 Sleeping Room Rate: $55+tax Sleeping Room Rate:S61+1ax Planning can help address the broad spectrum of environmental and sustainable league of Minnesota Cities (single or double) (.singer.or double) planning issues in your county,township or community-from the"agriculture versus Breezy Point St.Cloud 145 University Avenue West residential"quandary to urban sprawl to lakeshore development. Converting the Breezy Point Resort Best Western Kelly Inn wealth of available data into visual representations makes it much easier for local 651-281-1200 9252 Breezy Point Drive Highway 23&41"Ave.S. decisionmakers to understand complex spatial relationships and how they would be 218-562-7141 320-253-0606 affected by various land use decisions. Each participant will receive a"planning kit"for Sleeping Room Rate:$95+lax Sleeping Room Rate:$62+tax developing scenarios and preparing plans that address local goals. Topics include: (single or double) (single)or$82+tax(double) Using Geographic Information Systems(GIS)-The Basics Environmental,resource,social and economic data-What's Available..? CUSTOMIZE AND BRING A WORKSHOP TO CONSIDERING A GOAL-SETTING OR :• New tools available to access,interpret and supplement this data:how to use YOUR COMMUNITY! TEAM-BUILDING SESSION? them Any of these workshops can be brought to your Government Training Service can provide facilitators with New tools for analyzing various state datasets in modeling scenarios for planning site for an extremely reasonable price) You can extensive experience working with local governments purposes:how to use them to assess impact of choices,set priorities and weigh then choose the date and location—with us like yours to lead a session for your governing body and/ alternatives based on local conditions and needs providing the faculty and materials. Benefits of or advisory commission. We can facilitate a process to How to answer key planning questions such as: this customized approach to land use training gather citizen input,set goals,guide problem solving. Where are our resource assets and planning challenges? include: help prioritize scarce resources,make budget decisions, What areas are best suited for a particular use? : Program is held exclusively for a diverse or help strengthen existing teams. This professional, What land could be impacied by a proposed policy? group from your community(or area of the objective assistance can be especially beneficial in times state)at a lower per-person cost than sending of tough decisions. AUDIENCE:Especially for staff in non-metro counties,cities,townships,regional them to the open enrollment workshops Contact Mary Sabatke at GTS for all the details. development commissions as well as interested decision-makers announced in this brochure. (651-222-7409,ext.208)or e-mail msabatkeiamngts.org You are guaranteed a date convenient to the FACULTY participants. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Jeffrey Bloomquisl is a Senior Project Consultant with Minnesota Planning.He has been working o For a slightly higher cost,workshop topics can For registration assistance:Brian Smith(ext.207) directly with local communities for the past four years in various planning environments using be tailored to ensure that your current key or brismithcPningts.org This brochure geographic information and technical models.He holds a B.A.in Urban&Regional Studies/ community issues are covered. With program questions:Carol Schoeneck(ext.205) available at: Geography from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and a Masters in Resource Analysis from St. •• cscltoeneck @mn ls.Or www.inngts.org Marys University. Contact Carol Schoeneck at GTS to explore the or g g possibilities(651-222-7409,ext.205)or GOVERNMENT TRAINING SERVICE Aaron Buffington,Senior Project Consultant with Minnesota Planning,has been working with GIS 480 Cedar Street,Suite 401 in the planning field since 1996.He has worked as a planner at city,regional and state levels.He email CSChoeneckC..mngts.org St.Paul,Minnesota 55101-2240 has a B.A.in Geography from UMD and also holds an M.A.in Resource Analysis from St.Mary's Voice:651-222-7409 Fax:651-223-5307 University. MN Toll Free:800-569-6880 TTY:651-221-9817 •.� www.mngts.org OWNS-