2012 Annual Awards: Planning Excellence Award – Best Practice
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission’s (PCPC’s) Integrated Planning and Zoning Process is an innovative approach to leveraging the synergy between citizen education, strategic planning, and zoning reform to achieve higher goals. As a best practice, this integrated process is fully transferable to other public planning organizations, particularly when the planning and regulatory activities occur simultaneously in a relatively short period of time.
tags: Comprehensive Planning; Zoning (General), Public Outreach and Participation