CommunityViz TM will allow users to create and manipulate a virtual representation of a town and explore different land use scenarios. Professional planners, citizen planners, landowners, and interested citizens can use this software to make informed and collaborative decisions about possible changes in their community. Communities will be able to visualize and evaluate different land use patterns, and make informed decisions on issues specific to their own communities.
Visualization is the common language for communication.
Up until now, we have not had the tools to fully utilize the power of visualization. Vermont Sens. Patrick Leahy and Jim Jeffords were on hand Wednesday for the announcement. The senators strongly support the Vermont-based foundation's mission to help citizens of rural states like Vermont define the future, shape the growth and retain the character of their communities. CommunityViz has been developed by The Orton Family Foundation as the latest in its arsenal of community planning tools. The Foundation is an operating foundation, founded in 1995.