Rebranding Planning so the Public Understands
Robin Rather, CEO of Collective Strength, speaks about how planners can build support for planning in their communities and counter critics.
"I think the attacks are coming more frequently and with more pain, because planners have been succeeding. The idea of sustainable communities has really taken off in place after place, and comprehensive planning is really catching on around the country, and success breeds antagonism," says Rather.
Megan Stromberg talks with Rather at an APA event in Washington, D.C.
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