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The Land Use Education Partnership

The Land Use Education Partnership is a group of volunteers representing several areas of land use expertise. Our goal is to offer regularly scheduled workshop sessions for local land use board members with up-to-date information on the regulations, processes and technical issues that face them as decision makers.

What is offered:
Three (or more) sessions free of charge, or at nominal cost, at a convenient location in your area, presented by land use attorneys, professional planners and landscape architects. Topics include roles and responsibilities of board members, legal procedures, and understanding and working with site plans.

Who should attend:
Town planning, zoning, and zoning board of appeals members are especially encouraged to attend. Also welcome: town staff, including zoning enforcement officials, planners, building officials, conservation and inland wetlands commissioners, elected officials, and other town board members.

When and Where:
Sessions are being offered throughout the state. You can attend when and where it is most convenient for you. The dates and location for the series are listed below. Bookmark this page for subsequent listing of sessions as they become scheduled.

The Green Valley Institute and the Windham Regional Council of Governments is co-sponsoring a series of workshops for new land use commissioners.

April 17th Roles and Responsibilities
Legal basis of land use regulations in Connecticut, powers and duties of planning commissions, zoning commissions, zoning board of appeals, inland wetlands and watercourse agencies and conservation commissions. Taught by Jim Gibbons, UConn Cooperative Extension System, Land Use Educator.

May 1st Rules and Legal Procedures
Rules of conduct for land use boards, decision and application timetables, how to conduct meetings and public hearings, conflict of interest, answers to frequently asked questions. Handouts are time-tested outlines including case law. Taught by an attorney from the CT Bar Association's Planning and Land Use Section.

May 15th Map Reading and Site Plan Review
How to read and interpret maps and drawings that are presented in a typical site plan and subdivision review. Taught by John Rozum, CT NEMO and Paula Stahl from the Green Valley Institute.

All workshops will be held at the Ashford Town Hall (Rte 44 just west of the intersection with Rte 89) Sign-in begins at 6:45 pm; each session begins at 7:00 pm promptly.

Fee is $5 for one session, or $10 for all three, to cover the cost of the materials. Please preregister.

QUESTIONS?? Call WINCOG at 860.456.2221, fax 860.456.1235 or email wincog@snet.net using LUEP (Land Use Education Partnership) in the subject line. Click here for the program brochure. (pdf)



Land Use Education Partnership

List of Regional Hosts
To check with host agencies for potential dates in their regions, please call:

  1. Capitol Region Council of Governments
    Contact: Mary Ellen Kowalewski 860.522.2217, ext.22
  2. Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency
    Contact Carl Stephani 860.589.7820
  3. CT River Estuary Regional Planning Agency
    Contact: Linda Krause 860.388.3497
  4. Council of Governments of Central Naugatuck Valley
    Contact: Virginia Mason 203.757.0535
  5. Greater Bridgeport Regional Planning Agency
    Contact: James Wang 203.366.5405
  6. Housatonic Valley Economic Development Partnership, Housatonic Valley
    Council of Elected Officials, Western CT State University
    Contact: Jim Bellano, 203.775.6256
  7. Litchfield Hills Council of Elected Officials
    Contact Rick Lynn, 860.491.9884
  8. Midstate Regional Planning Agency
    Contact: Geoffrey Colegrove 860.347.7214
  9. Northeastern CT Council of Governments
    Contact: John Filchak 860.774.1253
  10. Northwestern CT Council of Governments
    Contact: Dan McGuinness 860.868.7341
  11. South Central Regional Council of Governments
    Contact: Dan Goodman 203.234.7555
  12. Southeastern CT Council of Governments
    Contact: Tom Seidel 860.889.2324
  13. South Western Regional Planning Agency
    Contact: Rich Stoecker 203.866.6502
  14. Valley Regional Planning Agency
    Contact: Richard Eigen 203.735.8688
  15. Windham Region Council of Governments
    Contact: Barbara Buddington 860.456.2221

The Land Use Education Partnership moved its administrative operations to the UConn Cooperative Extension System offices in Haddam. For information on scheduling sessions please call Jim Gibbons at 860.345.4511.