FLINT HILLS FRONTIERS,
AN ECOREGIONAL PLAN FOR 19 COUNTIES IN KANSAS
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Christina was the internal project manager for the team comprised of BNIM Planning, Flint Hills Regional Council, inNative, LEAMGroup, and Biomimicry 3.8. Outreach and engagement of 19 rural counties to participate in building a regional vision and goals resulted in creating an online set of metrics, strategies and a planning resource library. The process to build coalitions of diverse public and private organizations also resulted in unprecedented cooperation between conservation agencies and ranchers to protect the most endangered natural resource of North America, the Tallgrass Prairie.
PROJECT DATA
Location
19 County Region in Kansas
Year
2008 - 2010
Client
Gary Stith
Director of Flint Hills Regional Council
855.785.3472
Additional Project Information
Funded by HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant
Team leader while at BNIM Architects
Document Links
Regional Plan Document located HERE
FLINT HILLS ECOREGION ANALYSIS
Employers
Jobs to Population Ratio
Owner-Occupied Housing Affordability
Rental Housing Affordability
Poverty
Unemployment in Flint Hills Region
Nonresident Farm Operators
Types of Land
Flint Hills Farm/Ranch Sales
Flint Hills Number of Operations
Flint Hills Farm/Ranch Employment
FLINT HILLS TALLGRASS PRAIRIE ECOREGION
