Planning Magazine Spring 2025
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Planning celebrates its 90th anniversary with a special edition about the issues and opportunities of today and tomorrow. Read about how planners and officials collaborated to boost housing supply in Anchorage; Mobile, Alabama’s reinvestment in its historic Black Main Street; implementing managed retreat; and preapproved plans for ADUs. Also included are stories on growing better food systems, transportation planning for young people, small-town planning, and the rise of Bluesky urbanism. Learn why language choices matter, how AI decision-making could impact, and when to blow off steam with your planning peers.
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How We Made Zoning Change Happen
In Anchorage, planners, politicians, and advocates came together to eliminate single-family-only zoning.
The Future Is Electric and Youth Focused
Emerging planner Beneetta Mary Jose shares her take on transportation trends.
When Bots Call the Shots
In the private sector and in governments, the use of AI in decision-making is on the rise.
A Celebrated Main Street Is Reimagined and Reinvigorated
Locals drive the plan for “The Avenue,” once the cultural and economic hub of Mobile’s Black community.
Why Word Choice Builds Stronger Communities
Paying attention to ways language changes can help create an inclusive environment.
Growing a Resilient Food System
An interview with Julia Freedgood about making the future of food sustainable.
A Tale of Two Cities
Places in North Carolina and Washington move to managed retreat.
INTERSECTIONS
Engagement: Bluesky urbanism
Housing: Preapproved ADUs
The Profession: Planners let the good times roll
Plan To Watch: Razing for the American Dream
TOOLS FOR THE TRADE
How-To: Grow conservation
Viewpoint: Think big, plan small
Planners Library: Traffic engineers, failure lessons, poverty’s persistence
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Contributors
Perspectives: Welcoming environment
Community Green: Rewilding cemeteries