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plannersuseit,astheytalkofholdingparkletstogiveoutinformation.\] <br />Termslike“moderate”and“affordable”aresubjective.“Moderate”isdefinedas <br />“average”insomeway(where“average”isusedloosely,morelikemedian).But <br />‘moderate’appearstobeusedbytheCityto meanbelowthemedianincome – it’shardto <br />tellhowit’s used,andit’susemaynotbeconsistent. <br />The term “workforcehousing”hasbecomestandard,despiteobjectionsfromsomeinthe <br />planningcommunity. It tookmesometimetofindoutwhattheCitymeantbyit,and I’m <br />notsure I haveitstraightyet.Anditseemstobeuseddifferentlyindifferentlocales. <br />Termslikelowincome,middle income,andhighincomecanbeclearlydefined,andhave <br />moremeaninginmostpeoples’minds.Workforcehousingleavesout a largeportionof <br />theworkforce.Sowhyuseit? <br />Charretteandworkforce are justtwoofthose“trendy”termsthathavebecome“in” in <br />planningcircles,andthat’sjustthesortofthingyoushouldavoidwhencommunicating <br />withthepublic.Makethepublicfeelwelcome,notlikeoutsidersthatneedtobe <br />“initiated”. <br />Lessons To BeLearned <br />Usecommonterms,not“planner-speak”.Define thetermsyouuse;thedefinitionmaybe <br />obvioustoyou,ortoplannersandotherswhoareheavilyinvolvedintheplanning <br />process,butnottothepublic.Rememberwhoyouraudienceis. <br />Summary <br />There are otherthingsthatneeddoing,butthey’re notinthedomainoftheplanning <br />departments.ButthelessonshereareapplicableeverywhereintheCity,notjustinthe <br />planningdepartments. <br />Tosummarizewhathasbeensaidabove,it’seasiesttojustreviewthelessonstobe <br />learned.Theyaren’talways easytofollow:there’sno“magicbullet”here,justthings <br />which,ifthey are worked at,willpay off. <br />Thingswon’teverbe‘perfect’.Justmakethembetter. <br /> <br />