Connections 2050 Municipal Implementation Toolbox

Connections 2050 Municipal Implementation Toolbox

Product No.: WEB22022
Date Published: 08/2022

Launch ProductThe Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is responsible for long-range planning at the regional scale, but implementation of the Plan—and much of our collective future—is based on how the region’s 350 municipalities use their home-rule authority to influence land use, provide public services, protect natural and historic resources, and, ultimately, create the places we call home. DVRPC has designed this Municipal Implementation Toolbox to serve as a guide for municipalities to help implement the goals of Connections 2050, the region’s Long-Range Plan. It contains resources, case studies, ordinances, and indicators for nearly 80 tools.

Geographic Area Covered: The nine-county DVRPC region, which covers the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania; and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties in New Jersey.

Key Words: Access Management, Age Friendly, Agricultural Zoning, Alternative Energy, Broadband, Universal Access, Brownfields, Buy Local, Certified Local Government (CLG), Clean Energy, Climate Action, Codes, Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs), Community Branding, communities, Community-Centered Design, Complete Streets, Comprehensive Plan, Connected & Automated Vehicle (CAV), Cooling Centers, Curbside Management, Dedicated Open Space, Development without Displacement, Downtown Management, Easement, economy, Electric Vehicles, Engagement, Environment, equity, Fee-in-Lieu, Financial Incentive Zones, Floodplain, Food System Planning, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target, GREEN BUILDING, Greenhouse Gas, Historic District, Overlay Zone, Facade Improvement, Housing, Maintenance & Rehabilitation, Human Capital Investment, Impact Fee, implementation, Inclusionary, infill, IoT, Land Acquisition, Live/Work, LOCAL FOOD, long-range plan, Minority- And Women-Owned Business, Missing Middle, MIT, Mobility as a Service (MaaS), Multimodal, Multimunicipal, Native Plant, Neighborhood Design, Official Map, Ordinance, Overlay, Parking Management, Parkland Dedication, Post-Disaster Planning, Performance Zoning, Redevelopment, regional planning, resiliency, Revitalization, Right-To-Farm, Safety, Shared Mobility, Shared Services, Shuttle, Sidewalk Standards and Management, Smart Communities, Smart Location, Stormwater Fees, Stormwater management, Stream Corridor Protection, Streamlined Permitting, Street Tree Management Plan, Suburban Retrofit, sustainability, Tactical Urbanism, Toolbox, Tourism Improvement District (TID), Transit Revitalization Investment District (TRID), Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), Travel Demand Management (TDM), Transportation, Trip Reduction, Truck Route, Underserved Communities, Universal Design & Visitability, Universal Pre-Kindergarten, Vision Zero, Walking and Biking, Wireless Communications (5G), Zoning.

Staff Contact(s)

Project Team

  • Shoshana Akins Senior Public Participation Planner
  • Logan Axelson Manager, Multimodal Program Development
  • Stacy R. Bartels Manager, Office of TDM Strategy and Marketing
  • Cassidy Boulan, AICP Assistant Manager, Bicycle Programs
  • Brian Carney Economic and Demographic Analyst
  • Elizabeth V. Compitello Manager, Sustainable Energy
  • Brett Fusco Associate Director, Comprehensive Planning
  • Brooke Garcher Sustainability Program Analyst
  • Spencer Gober, AICP Associate Manager, Office of Community and Economic Development
  • Sean Greene Manager, Office of Freight and Clean Transportation
  • Christopher J. Linn, AICP Manager,Office of Climate and Environment
  • Derek G Lombardi, AICP Senior Planner
  • Miles Owen Environmental Planner
  • Thomas R Stead Assistant Manager, Office of Mobility Analysis and Design
  • Andrew Svekla Manager, Office of Smart Growth
  • Amy Verbofsky Manager, Healthy and Resilient Communities
  • Tyler J Hachadorian Front End Developer
  • Rebecca J. Maule Senior Graphic Artist
  • Amani Bey Planner
  • Jaclyn Davis Manager, Office of Long Range Planning
  • Kristen Scudder Manager, Freight Programs

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Annual Report
Connections 2050
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
Economic Development District