Whose Future Is It, Anyway? The Essential Public Process

摘要

My talk will be somewhat different from the ones you've heard. We come from an area where they used to shoot people over water rights and fence lines and where public property rights are considered inviolable. It is a unique political and geographical climate. The Envision Utah project started about 7 years ago to address the growth issues in our communities. One of the first things we did was remind people that our ancestors who settled that area had a history of planning. In fact, 500 cities in the West were laid out under the direction of Brigham Young, including San Bernardino, California, and Carston, Alberta, Canada. The effort back then reached parts of northern Mexico. Although we have a history of planning, it was lost, and Envision Utah was an effort to reclaim our history as citizen planners and to engage the public in a long-range visioning effort.