http://slevingroup.com Survive and Thrive in the NIMBY nation Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:53:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In his critical op-ed, Moderation, Thy Name is Not Amend. 4, former mayor, civic engagement expert, and corporate consultant Patrick Slevin, advised Florida thought leaders to pass citizen participation legislation in 2010. Slevin outlined how passing citizen legislative reforms, as part of an overarching grassroots strategy, will help frustrated voters ... http://slevingroup.com/index.php/in-the-news/amend-4-slevin-oped-orlando-sentinel/ A newly organized California group called, Partnership for Sustainable Communities recently issued an article debating whether "sustainability" is enough to win community and political support for controversial real estate projects. Patrick Slevin, a nationally recognized expert on NIMBY (Not-In-My-Back-Yard) cautions corporate developers to adopt civic engagement practices to secure "political ... http://slevingroup.com/index.php/in-the-news/sustainability-vs-nimby/ NIMBY expert and civic engagement consultant Patrick Slevin was the featured speaker at an ULI event. Mr. Slevin presented his program titled, Civic Engagement: Achieving Social Sustainability for Controversial Real Estate Projects. The venue was located in Tampa , Florida . The St. Petersburg Times reported on the event. Click here ... http://slevingroup.com/index.php/in-the-news/slevin-draws-record-uli-crowd-st-pete-times/ According to Forbes Magazine, Al Norman is "Wal-Mart's #1 Enemy" and 60 Minutes has called him "the guru behind the anti-Wal-Mart movement." Mr. Slevin originally interviewed Al Norman for the July 2006 edition of the Slevin Report, which was the predecessor of NIMBY America Newsletter. In the interview, Mr. Norman ... http://slevingroup.com/index.php/newsletter/wal-marts-1-enemy-al-norman-interview/ Challenge:  Who coined the word NIMBY? Answer: Nicholas Ridley (February 17, 1929 to March 4, 1993) was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister*.  As Secretary of State for the Environment from 1987 to 1989, Mr. Ridley was credited with popularizing the phrase NIMBY or Not In My Back Yard ... http://slevingroup.com/index.php/newsletter/take-the-nimby-challenge-2/ Developers who believe they can just show up, ignore community input, and get approval for their applications need to Get Smart about NIMBY. It's amazing how many applicants are still attempting to fly under the radar like a secret agent to avoid community detection. Applicant representatives are spurred on by the ... http://slevingroup.com/index.php/newsletter/get-smart-about-nimby/ Entitlements, site plans and rezoning applications for new development have dramatically dropped across the nation due to the financial crisis and recession. Understandably, many executives have assumed that the rate of NIMBY activism has also declined. Nothing can be farther from NIMBY reality. Even though applications have decreased, there has been ... http://slevingroup.com/index.php/newsletter/nimby-thriving-in-recession/ The NIMBY dragon has at least four heads representing the four different types of profiles in NIMBY America, which Patrick Slevin of the Slevin Group has termed Guardians, Crusaders, Machiavellians, and Godfathers. The NIMBY Guardian® is responsible for approximately 70 percent of community conflicts experienced by corporations. Guardians are the defenders ... http://slevingroup.com/index.php/newsletter/the-4-headed-nimby-dragon/ The word NIMBY has become part of the American lexicon. Do you know what these other NIMBY acronyms mean? See how well you did with our NIMBY challenge: NIMBY Not-In-My-Back-Yard BANANA Build-Absolutely-Nothing-Anywhere-Near-Anyone LULU Locally-Unwanted-Land-Use CAVE Citizens-Against-Virtually-Everything QUIMBY Quit-Urbanizing-In-My-Back-Yard NOTE Not-Over-There-Either NOPE Nowhere-On-Planet-Earth NIMTOO Not-In-My-Term-Of-Office NIMEY Not-In-My-Election-Year DUDE Developers-Under-the-Delusion-of-Entitlement If you scored 1-3 right, then congratulations you are on top of your game as a professional. If you scored 4-6 right, ... http://slevingroup.com/index.php/newsletter/take-the-nimby-challenge/ "Every week, in hundreds of cities across the country there are part-time elected officials rejecting site plans and zoning requests impacting the bottom lines of numerous private corporations," Patrick Slevin told elected officials, planners and developers Friday during a lunch sponsored by the Volusia County Association of Responsible Developers. Read the ... http://slevingroup.com/index.php/in-the-news/civic-engagement-key-to-nimby/