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October 27, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: What is the potential for manufacturing to take root in strong market cities with high costs of production?
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October 26, 2022
The vision of life in a biophilic city is one where we are not separate from nature, but intimately embedded within it.
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October 21, 2022
Equity in Practice: Portland neighborhood prioritizes people over vehicles to help reduce violence.
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October 20, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Exploring a more radical conception of urban forestry.
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Equity in Practice: GIS helps prioritize funding for neighborhood revitalization and keeps the entire process transparent.
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Uncovering JAPA: The risk of reproducing racist assumptions or narratives in planning.
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October 13, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Your zoning code could probably be doing more to facilitate the transition to electric vehicles.
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Uncovering JAPA: How are planners grappling with immigrant needs.
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October 5, 2022
From ambitious comprehensive plans to outstanding planning educators, APA is proud to recognize this year’s award-winning planning efforts.
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Sponsored content from Tyler Technologies. Discover three ways you can leverage emerging technologies to better connect with your constituents.
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Uncovering JAPA: What can transit value capture teach us about the intersection of entrenched segregation and transportation planning?
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September 22, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Outcome of attracting the repeated participation of participants across multiple planning engagement processes.
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September 20, 2022
The passage of the landmark Bipartisan Infrastucture Law saw the largest direct investment in community planning in a century. Here are 5+ new or expanded programs created by BIL that every planner should know about right now.
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As municipal planning departments adopt a fairness and equity mindset in their work with the communities they serve it highlights the state of their own workplace practices and the work needed to elevate equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) goals within the planning firms and public agencies. Offer how to get unstuck on translating the goals into action.
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September 15, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: A framework for how planners can be involved in infectious disease management.
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Spotlight on Zoning Practice: It's time to get serious about diversifying local planning and zoning boards.
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Sponsored content from Tyler Technologies. The move to digital solutions is often touted as more efficient and easier for both citizens and government employees. When making the switch, the City of Rancho Cordova, California found that to be true, even drawing hard data on how much time their own departments saved.
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Uncovering JAPA: The impact of community participation guiding big data use in planning.
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August 25, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Strategies for building local support for planning climate action.
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August 23, 2022
Longtime APA member Ralph Willmer, FAICP, has been hired as the new AICP Ethics Officer following the retirement of Jim Peters, FAICP.
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August 18, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Planning can be fraught with corruption. A study in Ghana identifies institutional and interpersonal factors that lead to corruption.
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August 16, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: It's time to rethink zoning requirements that mandate active ground-floor uses.
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August 9, 2022
Agrivoltaics — or the placement of a solar energy system on the same parcel of land as agricultural production — and wildlife-friendly solar practices can help communities capture multiple benefits from large-scale solar development.
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Sponsored content from INRIX X GM. Vision Zero is right around the corner. The data exists, the processes and tools are in place, and now it’s up to us to drive it all forward.
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Wisconsin uses GIS to survey residents on internet access and affordability to better direct needed resources to help eliminate the digital divide.
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July 29, 2022
A Guide for the Idealist: Rick Willson, FAICP, offers an original framework for decision-making in the planning process. Using reflection on choices considering types of information, and analysis tools, as well as addressing the values served and the planners interactions with the public and elected officials.
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Sponsored Content from Tyler Technologies. Local governments are bringing community development online to automate processes and effectively engage with citizens. Learn how Columbia, MO, and Temecula, CA, are driving a digital transformation.
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July 26, 2022
APA congratulates those who successfully completed the May 2022 AICP Certification Exam. These members may use the AICP Candidate designation until they earn the full AICP credential.
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July 21, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: A new framework offers guidance to help planners navigate the complex process of considering disaster-related relocations.
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July 18, 2022
A recent report demonstrates that the underproduction of housing units affects 47 states and Washington D.C., and its impacts are being felt in all kinds of places, from dense urban areas to small, rural towns.
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Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Is your community ready for asynchronous public hearings?
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July 15, 2022
APA President Leo Asuncion, Jr., AICP, was appointed chair of Hawaii's Public Utilities Commission.
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Uncovering JAPA: How can planners preserve dissent in online public engagement opportunities?
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July 7, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: A new forecast model and methodology help planners to estimate foot traffic along streets.
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Uncovering JAPA: Planner Eun Jin Shin investigates representation and wage gaps within the planning profession.
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June 23, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Pandemic-created open streets can be a lifeline, but also exacerbate inequities without careful implementation.
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June 21, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Is it time for zoning to pay more attention to cryptocurrency mining?
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June 16, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Researchers explore the differences of post disaster recovery on small and medium/large nonprofits and how planners can facilitate nonprofit post-disaster recovery efforts.
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June 9, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Should Flint, Michigan, replace its water infrastructure one-to-one, or resize the system? Read the commentaries on the pros and cons of each approach.
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June 7, 2022
Sponsored Content from enCode Plus: A conversation with planning and zoning industry veteran Bret C. Keast, AICP, on addressing affordability and equity, two of the biggest issues in planning and zoning circles.
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June 3, 2022
The topic of large-scale solar development in rural communities doesn't have to be controversial. Learn how local officials and developers can work together to clear up the misconception that these two land uses cannot co-exist.
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Uncovering JAPA: Who, why, and where do adults age 60 and older relocate in the U.S.?
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May 23, 2022
APA joins the State Resilience Partnership as one of 20 organizations collaborating on increasing nationwide resilience efforts.
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May 19, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Learning from London's transition to sustainable transportation modes.
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May 17, 2022
Get the latest information on housing reforms at state and federal levels, including the Biden administration's launch of the Housing Supply Action Plan.
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May 13, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: How can deregulation expand housing supply and support housing equity?
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May 12, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: As disaster relief becomes more necessary under climate change, are SBA loans for disaster recovery actually used by small businesses?
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May 4, 2022
Catch a glimpse of the attendee experience — learning and connecting — at NPC22 in San Diego, April 30 - May 3.
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May 3, 2022
More than 3,000 planners attended the in-person NPC22 in San Diego, April 30-May 2. The group spread out throughout San Diego and the surrounding region to explore the area's planning endeavors and all the host city had to offer. Check out what got planners excited.
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May 2, 2022
This blog post provides an overview of siting community facilities as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series.