Training Programs and Technical Assistance

The Land Use Law Center leads the nation in educating local land use leaders through training programs in land use law and collaborative decision-making. Since 1995, over 2,500 leaders across five states have graduated from its four-day intensive Land Use Leadership Alliance Training Program, which has garnered over 100 formal resolutions of support from local governments and businesses. The Center also conducts one-day municipal training programs for government staff and civic leaders.

Each training program is designed to meet the needs of its participants and their communities by focusing on both foundational and cutting-edge information related to their priority land use issues. Teaching in the Center’s training programs is based on a “train the trainer” model, through which participants are empowered to share their program experience with others. This model encourages the creation of leadership networks, initiates and supports grassroots regionalism, creates opportunities for civic engagement, and fosters sustainable communities. Trainees have reported significant success in leading their communities to effective action to preserve historic centers, revitalize their riverfronts, arrest undesired development patterns, achieve intermunicipal planning, preserve farm land, and to enhance their economic development prospects.