Coastal Community Development

Pete Granger, Washington Sea Grant, University of Washington

E/T-CCDP-1

This project will facilitate planning and adaptive management to address long-range coastal community needs, and to provide the best available information to community planning groups and coastal businesses.  Gaps in outreach and technical assistance in coastal planning will be addressed using three program components: (1) partnership between the Shoreline and Coastal Planners Group and Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve’s Coastal Training Program to conduct at least two workshops; (2) network of technical experts to support coastal planners and develop an efficient (e.g., Internet-based) mechanism for delivering technical assistance and coordination; and (3) one to three pilot projects (starting in year two) using a team of four to eight technical experts drawn from the network to support communities, local entities or businesses that identify a coastal planning issue for which technical assistance is needed.