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January 21, 2022
Grappling with the Racist Legacy of Zoning
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Jenny Rait challenges planners to reckon with zoning's racist legacy, and work to build integrated and equitable communities. -
January 20, 2022
Driving Change Through Parking
Uncovering JAPA: A look if removing minimum parking requirements shift development trends in cities and reduce car-dependence in the long run? -
January 14, 2022
Solar@Scale Webinar Series
Join APA and ICMA for a nine-part webinar series on how local government policies and actions affect large-scale solar development outcomes. -
January 13, 2022
Location Impacts on When Older Adults Stop Driving
Uncovering JAPA: This study looks at if location determines how and when older adults may stop driving. -
January 11, 2022
Design Thinking: New Approach to Solving Planning Challenges
Design thinking instructor Thomas Fisher discusses how the practice is useful for planners to envision the future. -
January 6, 2022
Accessibility and Public Engagement For People Living With Dementia
Uncovering JAPA: Solutions for ensuring people living with dementia are included in the planning process. -
December 22, 2021
2021 Year in Review: Six Topics That Had Planners Clicking
What got members clicking in 2021 about climate change, equity, foresight, technology, infrastructure, and zoning reform? Check out the year in review. -
December 21, 2021
Advancing Active Living Through Adaptive Reuse
This blog post provides an overview of adaptive reuse as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural towns. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
December 21, 2021
APA Launches "Everyday Destinations" Blog Series
This blog post introduces the Everyday Destinations project, a 15-part blog series that explores planning approaches to encourage physical activity in small and rural communities. -
December 21, 2021
Activating Communities Using Pop-Up Designs
This blog post provides an overview of pop-up designs and activations as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
December 21, 2021
Creative Placemaking for Community Health
This blog post provides an overview of community events as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
December 21, 2021
Encouraging Active Living Through Community Events
This blog post provides an overview of community events as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
December 21, 2021
Building on Community Assets to Encourage Physical Activity
This blog post provides an overview of elevating community assets to increase physical activity in small and rural towns. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
December 21, 2021
Coordinating Community Growth to Promote Physical Activity
This blog post provides an overview of growth area identification as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
December 17, 2021
The Power of Planning in a Remote and Rural Context
The Unangan community of St. George, Alaska, demonstrates the power of planning in a rural and remote community to build a more resilient future. -
December 16, 2021
Six Essential Strategies for Digital Transformation in Community Development
Sponsored Content from Tyler Technologies. Learn how different approaches to digital transformation can empower constituents, connect communities, and accelerate development. -
December 16, 2021
Lead and Inspire with Purpose: AICP Code of Ethics Update
AICP President Mitchell J. Silver details the 2021 updates to the AICP Code of Ethics. -
December 16, 2021
Affordable Housing Negotiations
Uncovering JAPA: How do uneven negotiating powers stymie affordable housing development? -
December 15, 2021
Three Bold Proposals for Zoning Reform
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Three recent issues of Zoning Practice have offered bold new visions for alternatives to the status quo in zoning. These visions range from a radical rebuild to an attempt to harness self-interest to advance elusive collective goals. -
December 8, 2021
Smart Cities – Integrating Technology, Community, and Nature
For many planners, “smart city” is just a buzzword that does not connect with their community goals and is not part of their vision or toolkit. This is something that needs to change. The question is not whether planners should plan for smart cities, but rather how they can do so in equitable and sustainable ways. -
December 7, 2021
The Silver Linings of Asset-Based Community Development
Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) is a framework to discover and mobilize assets or resources available in a community and use them to benefit residents. -
December 2, 2021
Parents in Vancouver's Dense Family-Oriented Urbanism
Uncovering JAPA: Exploration of how policy, family-oriented design, and programming has the ability to influence parents' locational choice in where to raise their family. -
November 24, 2021
Aligning Political Candidates' Social Media Posts and Plan Outcomes
Uncovering JAPA: Connecting what political candidates' social media posts to plan outcomes may help signal what plans will be implemented. -
November 19, 2021
Moonlighting Planner's AICP Credential Revoked
Moonlighting, when prohibited by employers, can result in revocation of your AICP credential. -
November 18, 2021
3 Ways GIS Helped Horry County, South Carolina
Sponsored Content from Tyler Technologies. Learn how Horry County, South Carolina put GIS at the core of government operations and made data readily accessible to residents, developers, contractors, and visitors. -
November 18, 2021
Assessing Who, Where, and Why Individuals Walk
Uncovering JAPA: The 'Planners' Circles' or walksheds need to be customized to take into account trip purpose and who is walking. -
November 12, 2021
Is Campus Zoning Due for a Shake-Up?
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Cities, towns, and counties often take a light touch when it comes to zoning for major educational and health-care campuses. But do demographic and technological changes mean it's time to rethink the status quo? -
November 11, 2021
Enhancing Engagement in Development
Sponsored content from Tyler Technologies. In a context of recovery and a new focus on growth, driving virtual community development is an approach that is proven to lead to success. -
November 11, 2021
Determining Success of Montgomery County's Transfer Development Rights Program
Uncovering JAPA: By exploring the outcomes of Montgomery County, Maryland's, transfer development rights program, author Li Fang provides a strong case for adjusting the standard practices around TDR program evaluations. -
November 10, 2021
The Multiple Benefits of Dementia-Friendly Communities
The number of Americans living with dementia, which includes Alzheimer’s disease, is growing. Planners can play a key role in making sure that communities allow for the best possible quality of life for this growing population. -
November 8, 2021
SCOTUS Case Could Upend Sign Regulations (Again)
The pending City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising, Inc., case before the U.S. Supreme Court could significantly impact local government sign regulations. A decision is expected June 2022. -
November 4, 2021
White House Embraces Federal Zoning Reform Provision
New federal support for zoning reform is in President Biden's Build Back Better framework thanks to planners' advocacy. White House leaders recently made the case for why tackling zoning and housing supply challenges is at the center of the President's economic agenda. -
November 4, 2021
Need for Diversity and Inclusivity in the Workplace
Uncovering JAPA: The experiences of African American/Black and Hispanic/Latin/o/a/x planners illustrate it is necessary to increase diversity in the workplace but also create inclusive work environments. -
November 2, 2021
Seattle Implements ADU Strategy with GIS to Expand Housing Choices
The City of Seattle launched ADUniverse, using ESRI's ArcGIS to help residents understand their ADU options. -
November 1, 2021
Solar@Scale: Opportunities for Planners to Act
A new guidebook from APA and ICMA highlights key opportunities for planners to help speed the decarbonization of the U.S. electricity grid by promoting context-sensitive large-scale solar development in the communities they serve. -
October 18, 2021
Reflection Reset: Pathways to Effective Practice
A Guide for the Idealist post on using reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action to make practical judgments on planning episodes that are grounded in ethical and practical considerations. -
October 11, 2021
Three Ways to Attract Diverse Talent
Continuing to expand on the topics raised during an APA Learning Circle on equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives in planning offices Chloé Greene and Monica G. Tibbits-Nutt, weigh in on how the Black Lives Matter movement has provided the opportunity for planning organizations to reaffirm a commitment to the value and importance of diversity and in creating inclusive and equitable spaces. -
October 7, 2021
Who Benefits From Detroit's Development Boom, and How?
Uncovering JAPA: What do citizens in Detroit gain from private development? -
October 6, 2021
APA Calls For Essential Climate Action
APA joins the call for increasing emission reduction limits with more than 60 other professional organizations ahead of COP26. -
October 6, 2021
Climate, Equity, Housing, & Infrastructure at #APAPolicy21
From housing to infrastructure, see what key decision makers and planners talked about during the 2021 APA Policy and Advocacy Conference. -
October 5, 2021
Language Access: Inclusive Planning in Los Angeles
Los Angeles' City Planning department created Spanish Translation Style Guide, a tool to broaden support for key programs, respond to citizens’ needs, and collect input from diverse LEP voices across the city. -
September 30, 2021
Exploring Increased Density in Residential Neighborhoods
Uncovering JAPA: An experiment to determine if the number of people impact the quality of a public space? -
September 29, 2021
Planning Directors Issue Racial Equity Statement and Call to Action
Planning directors from 20 U.S. cities release a statement and commitment to advancing racial equity. Planning directors are invited to sign the commitment. -
September 28, 2021
Helping Planners Advance Disaster Recovery
With support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Cooperating Technical Partners program, APA recently published the Post-Disaster Recovery Guide for Planners. This resource aims to help local planners working for communities that are recovering from all kinds of disasters, including catastrophic flooding and damage and disruption from cascading hazards. -
September 23, 2021
Latino Vendor Markets: Community Connections and Implications for Planning Practice
Uncovering JAPA: Focusing on Latino Vendor Markets can help create community connections among ethic groups in a city. -
September 16, 2021
Measuring the Jobs-Housing Balance in California
Uncovering JAPA: How has the jobs-housing balance in California shifted from the results measured in earlier research? -
September 9, 2021
Measuring the Causal Impact of Plans on Development
Uncovering JAPA: The impact of plans on development. A case study of Seattle and San Francisco. -
September 3, 2021
Advanced Technology Transforms the Planning and Zoning Process, Breaking the Efficiency Barrier and Redefining What is Possible
Sponsored content from enCode Plus. As communities move toward digital planning and zoning tools to mitigate these challenges, emerging technology, like enCode Plus, must help them deliver critical services. -
September 2, 2021
Testing Geodesign for Navajo Community Plans
Uncovering JAPA: See how Geodesign was used in two Navajo community plans to ensure participation without tokenization. -
August 26, 2021
How Does Historic Preservation Show Up in Comprehensive Planning Documents?
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding the intersection of planning and historic preservation in comprehensive planning documents in Portland's historically-Black Albina neighborhood.
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