Measures of Success

What follows is a short list of successes to illustrate the range of impact this program
has on leaders and their communities.

Over 84% of the participants ranked the program as excellent or very good. 73% of survey graduates said they used the skills learned in the program to adopt land use innovations.
Over 1,000 graduates from 30 programs in three states.
After graduating from the program, seven separate Intermunicipal councils and five Intermunicipal agreements have been formed by graduates.
One hundred municipalities, agencies and associations have passed official resolutions cosponsoring the program.
Within twelve months, a training team was identified in Connecticut, taught how to run the program, successfully recruited and trained 70 leaders in Connecticut, and obtained funding to train another group in the spring of 2006.
After attending the program, five members of the Dutchess County Legislature appropriated funds to train over 300 planning and zoning board members in the County over four years
A graduate of the program convened a group of community leaders and successfully convinced the local legislature to rescind a local resolution opposing affordable housing with an ordinance requiring a mandatory affordable housing set-aside.
Graduates of several programs in one community teamed up to save a critical environmental resource while committing the local government to provide much-needed affordable housing.
Several graduates joined forces to successfully lobby the state legislature to authorize the taxing mechanism for an open space and conservation district in their community.

Next: Awards & Testimonials

Since 2004, the LULA has received six awards in two states... Read more

The skills and tools learned at LULA remain the touchstones of the conservation work I conduct in the tri-state region

Dr. Michael Klemens Wildlife Conservation Society’s Metropolitan Conservation Alliance

73% of survey graduates said they used the skills learned in the program to adopt land use innovations.
Graduates of several programs in one community teamed up to save a critical environmental resource while committing the local government to provide much-needed affordable housing.
More successes

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