The comprehensive plan should discuss some of the architectural and land vernacular. There is a long tradition of land use and housing, from the Native American group practices of the plains tribes all the way through the sod houses of the pioneers that we can draw on in our city plans. If we could draw out some of these practices and articulate them in our planning documents, more private construction and public planning could incorporate sustainable processes and zoning.

It would just make this a richer conversation if we better articulated things in terms of these longer traditions:

1. How place is reflected in material uses and practices.
2. Establishing a flexible vernacular that encourages use of local materials.
3. Discussing and holding up local examples of permaculture.