LOUISVILLE, Ky. 鈥 Legally binding contracts known as community benefits agreements, which bring together community members, developers and city officials before a major development begins, will be discussed March 4 at the University of Louisville by , an expert on how land use policies affect people and the environment.
Camacho is the 2013 guest speaker for UofL鈥檚 Brandeis School of Law . Boehl Distinguished Lecture Series in Land Use Policy. The free, public lecture begins at 6:30 p.m. in Room 275 in the law school.
He will discuss how public participation in land use and development can provide important community benefits, boost support for a project and circumvent 鈥渁fter the fact鈥 problems such as traffic congestion, home value decline and adverse environmental impacts.