EQUITY AND INCLUSION -- Part 37

Planning, Zoning and other Land Use Policy Best Practices to Erase Errors of the Past that Perpetuated Bias and Deepened Inequality

“Planners are the guardians of the future and we have an ethical obligation to go out of our way to make sure voices traditionally not heard have a voice,’ Homewood said. 

“We are the ones who are professionally trained and emotionally prepared to imagine our communities in 5, 10, 20, 100 years. 

In terms of climate change, civil unrest, wild fires, pandemics — we are most capable of addressing social and environmental issues and we must ensure we do it in a way that maximizes the health, safety and economic wellbeing of the entire community.”