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Show Faculty Sponser Albert Smith RELINQUISH POWER Dijana Alickovic, Ryan Berry, Adam Jensen, (Al Smith), (Julio Bermudez), (Libby Haslam) College of Architecture and Planning, University of Utah Good Principals and Doctrines of planning originate in the authoritative Government, but the execution and Practice lie in the human scale of the Neighborhood. Authoritarian control of the public trust by the political elite is the foundation of Zoning Commissions. These regional powers control the lives and livelihoods of the people. The scale and scope of their control exceeds their accountability of those whom they feign to serve. The common worker seeks variance unopposed by his neighborhood and is denied for the sake of "fairness" while the neighborhood is scarred for the sake of the "economic welfare" of the municipality. The true ideals of planning for sustainable growth are shelved by the Powerful in "top- down" planning systems to satisfy their peers while the victims of Zoning are assessed, appraised, and swept under the rug. Relinquish the Power, Authority, and Accountability of sustainable growth to those who have the greatest cumulative stake in the public realm... The Neighborhood. Inform them. Educate them. Empower them to create and sustain the world in which they live. Provide them with the Constitution of Sustainable Growth Planning and let them execute within those guiding principles. Neighborhoods not Zones! Neighborhoods not Commissioners! Faculty Sponser Libby Haslem |