Putting Soul into the Neighborhood: g gThe Possibilities and Pitfalls of Working with Communities of FaithWorking with Communities of Faith

James van Hemert, Director of Development ServicesDirector of Development Services, Duncan, British ColumbiaThe Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute19th A l L d U C f19th Annual Land Use ConferenceMarch 5, 2010

• Rev. Eric O. Jacobson, Senior Pastor, , ,First Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, Washington

• James van Hemert, Director of Development Services, Duncan, British pColumbia

Historic influence of communities of F ithFaith

• Colonial

• Spanish La of the Indies• Spanish Law of the Indies

• Western Expansion

• Mormonism Santa Fe Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City , Utah

Historic influence of communities of Faith

Pre WWII

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Colorado Blvd., Denver

P WWIIFirst Christian Reformed Church

Denver Colorado Post WWIIDenver, Colorado

Contemporary communities of faithContemporary communities of faith

• Dispersed Patterns

• Variety of FormsVariety of Forms

Marilyn Hickey Ministries, Denver

Converted shopping ll

Church of the NazareneCastle Rock, ColoradoIndustrial warehouse

mall

Contemporary communities of p yfaith

“Big Box”

MEGA churchesSaddleback ChurchLake Forest, California

Doing it largeDoing it large…must be somewhere in Texas

Contemporary communities of faithContemporary communities of faith

Café andCafé and bookstore at Canyon View y

Vineyard ChurchGrand Junction,

Expanded Uses,

Colorado

Contemporary communities of p yfaith

Faith based voluntary organizationsFaith based voluntary organizations

Volunteers build houses for h ihurricane evacuees,

Shreveport- Bossier Community Renewal program ShreveportRenewal program, Shreveport,

Louisiana

Contemporary communities of p yfaith

S ti d t di lSeparation does not mean no dialogueimage: Air America Radio

Contemporary communities of p yfaith

RLUIPARLUIPA (Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act))

Equal TreatmentEqual TreatmentNo discriminationNo exclusionNo unreasonable limits

Contemporary communities of p yfaith

RLUIPA Practical Guidance1. Review ordinances

2. Train staff

3. Appoint staff liaisonpp

4. Flag cases

5 D ft Fi di f F t5. Draft Findings of Fact

6. Do not discriminate

7. ENGAGE faith communities

Call for renewing the gpartnership