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Planners and developers offer playbook to counter NIMBY opposition
Summary
Organizers convened a multi‑stakeholder workshop in Sandy to present a "GMB playbook" of tactics for staff and developers to counter neighborhood opposition to land‑use projects.
Organizers convened a multi‑stakeholder workshop in Sandy to present what they called a "GMB playbook" of tactics for planning staff, developers and commissioners to respond to neighborhood opposition commonly labeled as NIMBYism.
Panelists—who included private‑sector developers, retired local planners and an APA representative—front‑loaded several repeatable steps they urged staff and applicants to use early in a project. "Probably the most common thing that we heard ... is we don't want density, and we don't want those people," one panelist said, summarizing the core public objection the playbook is meant to address.
The panel described four widely used tactics. First, meet opponents in small groups or one‑on‑one before hearings so…
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