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I'm collaborating with fellow planner Tom Morgan of TZM Planning on a complete overhaul of Saco, ME's Zoning Ordinance. With City of Saco staff and a group of excellent facilitators, we hosted a successful workshop with the steering committee, board members, staff, and other stakeholders. We used one of the planning tools I frequently turn to for focused, structured brainstorming: the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis. The SWOT provided great i

I've had the privilege of working on flood adaptation planning with the Seabrook-Hampton Estuaries Alliance (SHEA) over the last four months. We conducted a Situation Assessment to review existing studies and information on flooding in Hampton, NH and collected input from stakeholders through an online survey that generated responses from around 70 participants. We asked respondents to share their experiences with flooding and to think about types of adaptation strategies tha