Broome County Municipal Trainings
Broome County Planning hosts multiple trainings each year on various planning and economic development topics. Thank you to the many organizations and partners whom we collaborate with and thank you to those who attend these trainings.
Below, you will find training resources and recordings from some of the past trainings we have hosted. For more information or to provide us with a training topic your organization would like to hear about, please email us.
Municipal Training Series
Training Resources
SEQRA Basics for Municipal Boards
Past Trainings
2025 Summer Training (6/25/2025)
Introduction to the National Flood Insurance Program
Navigating the New Freshwater Wetlands Regulations
Floodplain Resiliency Examples
Floodplain Management Guidelines for Solar Array and Wind Farm Projects
239 County Referrals (9/14/2023)
View BC Planning Presentation Here
SEQR SEAF Forms (9/14/2023)
View BC Planning Presentation Here
Aging
Universal Design (10/10/2022)
Aging In Place (5/5/2022)
Agriculture
2019 Broome County Agricultural Economic Development Plan Update (6/15/2023)
Balancing Renewable Energy Development and Agricultural Development (7/12/2023)
- Presentations: Click HERE
- Recording: Click HERE
Farm Friendly Scorecard & How to Use it (8/17/2023)
- Presentations: Click HERE
- Recording: Click HERE
Encouraging Investments to Grow Agriculture (11/16/2022)
Defining & Reducing Barriers to Agri-tourism (10/19/2022)
Agricultural Exemptions, Agricultural Structures & Agricultural Assessments (9/22/2022)
Cannabis
Zoning & Planning Considerations for Legal Cannabis Uses in NYS (10/24/2024)
Cannabis Enforcement: State & Local Enforcement (10/24/2024)
Cannabis Planning & Zoning NYS (5/12/2022)
Comprehensive Plans
Comprehensive Planning (9/12/2024)
Broome County Comprehensive Plan Update 2020 (11/10/2020)
Environment
Overview Of The Model Solar Law (5/3/2022)
Clean Energy And Your Comprehensive Plan (4/19/2022)
Overview Of The Model Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Law (4/5/2022)
Article X Renewable Energy Siting (10/22/2020)
Housing
Affordable Housing (4/28/2022)
Revising Zoning (9/12/2024)
Zoning Board of Appeals Overview (5/4/2023)
Site Plan Review (5/4/2023)
Case Law Update 2020 (12/3/2020)
