CASE STUDY Incorporating Community Values in Land Use Plans Using CommunityViz as part of a Heart & Soul Community Planning process Location: Damariscotta, Maine Partners: Town of Damariscotta; Friends of Midcoast Maine; Orton Family Foundation; Spatial Alternatives; Placeways LLC; B. Dennis Town Design Context: Damariscotta is a historic village near the head of Maine’s Damariscotta River. The local population is just over 2000, but the town is a service center for some 9000 mid-coast Maine residents and the destination for thousands of tourists every year. In 2005, a proposal for a new Wal-Mart caught the community by surprise. After aggressive political campaigns and at times divisive public debate, the town passed a retail size cap that blocked the proposal. Anot

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