Land Use Planning and Zoning for Public Health: Exploring Legal Issues

This Webinar will expand upon the legal basis of planning to promote and protect public health through land use and zoning. Speakers will address the historic connection between zoning, public health, and environmental justice, as well as the legal and ethical challenges to zoning for health. Representatives from both national and local agencies will offer their perspectives, followed by a robust Q & A session with the audience.

Moderator: Montrece McNeill Ransom, JD, MPH, Team Lead, Training and Workforce Development, Public Health Law Program, CDC

Speakers:
•Chris Kochtitzky, MSP, Senior Advisor, CDC’s Physical Activity and Health Branch
•Terri Harding, AICP, Principal Planner/Metro & Community Planning City of Eugene, OR
•Melinda Ramos, J.D., Senior Assistant City Attorney, Chief-Land Use and Regulatory Compliance Section City of Forth Worth

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  • June 27, 2017 at 1:00pm – 2:30pm
  • Webinar