Modernizing the Planning Department

This presentation focuses on modernizing the planning department by integrating web-based geospatial tools that transform traditional practices and address contemporary challenges. Learn how to use Web Maps and StoryMaps to enhance data visualization and storytelling, making complex planning concepts more accessible and engaging for diverse audiences. These tools enable planners to improve communication, foster transparency, and increase public understanding of development proposals.

Explore the use of a web-based comments app and online surveys to modernize community engagement. Planners use these digital platforms to collect real-time feedback, ensuring more inclusive and equitable participation in the planning process. By broadening outreach, planners can better respond to community needs and ensure that all voices are heard.

Gain insight into 3D immersive visualizations, which create detailed virtual representations of urban environments. These visualizations help stakeholders and the public better understand proposed developments, fostering consensus and informed decision-making.

By integrating these tools, planners can modernize their departments and implement effective, data-driven strategies that advance inclusive and equitable community planning. Leave with practical methods to drive meaningful change in your community through innovative geospatial technologies.