Lost_in_MSP
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I'm not usually a 'joiner' but I'm doing it anyway.
I am a recent transplant to Minnesota "big-city" planning.
However, the City in all its wisdom and glory, decided a few months back that they were going to restructure their 'development functions.' So we are being merged into a new department that includes planning, the development agency, jobs/training programs (don't know why?), and citizen engagement. It's all a great mess at the moment, and change is always stressful. Many of the planners here feel that Planning is going to be driven by development now, with planners left without an independent voice in the process.
I'm wondering if anybody else has survived this type of transition, and HOW?? I guess it could be worse, I could be in a city that just eliminates the Planning Department......oh wait....I just may already be there!
Anyway, nice to be here.
I am a recent transplant to Minnesota "big-city" planning.
However, the City in all its wisdom and glory, decided a few months back that they were going to restructure their 'development functions.' So we are being merged into a new department that includes planning, the development agency, jobs/training programs (don't know why?), and citizen engagement. It's all a great mess at the moment, and change is always stressful. Many of the planners here feel that Planning is going to be driven by development now, with planners left without an independent voice in the process.
I'm wondering if anybody else has survived this type of transition, and HOW?? I guess it could be worse, I could be in a city that just eliminates the Planning Department......oh wait....I just may already be there!
Anyway, nice to be here.
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