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March 13, 2024
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Is your community ready for battery energy storage systems to help store the sun?
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March 11, 2024
Two women were early trailblazers in ensuring the availability of safe, quality and affordable housing.
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March 5, 2024
Amidst a yearslong project to make a roadway safer in Bellingham, Washington, planners had to contend not just with the challenge of reducing lane widths but also with misinformation being spread about the project.
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February 29, 2024
The top seven design organizations will convene in Kansas City, Missouri, for the D7 Retreat to discuss industry challenges.
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February 28, 2024
Five federal zoning reform bills, endorsed by APA, that every planner should know.
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February 15, 2024
Uncovering JAPA: Long Beach invests in Youth, establishing a Global Model with the Office of Youth Development.
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February 9, 2024
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Are floating homes part of the solution to rising sea levels and more frequent and severe storms?
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February 8, 2024
Uncovering JAPA: Montreal's rental housing financialization to promote transparency in policy decisions for fairness.
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February 7, 2024
Bianca Mers, the new chair of the Student Representatives Council outlines three goals for 2024 focused on empowering leaders, amplifying voices, and fostering career development in planning.
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February 2, 2024
Solar energy is on its way to being the dominant source of power, but a smooth transition isn't guaranteed. Check out the new third edition of the Solar@Scale guidebook for fresh guidance on planning for utility- and community-scale solar development.
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February 1, 2024
Uncovering JAPA: North Carolina sees rapid new flood risk development, revealing complex socioeconomic factors in risk management.
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February 1, 2024
Sponsored content from Nexus at University of Michigan Engineering. Students joined in person and online for the first Scenario Planning for Urban Futures course, where they learned from Robert Goodspeed, PhD.
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January 25, 2024
Uncovering JAPA: Study finds the importance of prioritizing building improvements over tree planting strategies for mitigating the risk of indoor extreme heat.
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January 19, 2024
Uncovering JAPA: Insightful analysis about racial equity planning to inform planning practitioners' efforts to advance racial and social justice.
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January 17, 2024
How an architecture firm connected with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to craft a downtown master plan in Cherokee, North Carolina.
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January 12, 2024
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Can pre-reviewed plans, pattern books, and pattern zones pave the way to broader missing middle housing reforms?
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January 11, 2024
Uncovering JAPA: A 20-year study on North Carolina floodplain development underscores the need for evidence-based policies and robust flood mitigation plans.
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January 10, 2024
Equity in Practice: The City of Minneapolis elevated native culture and rebuilt trust by partnering with the Little Earth Residents Association and the Native Youth Arts Collective to improve the safety of 18th Avenue South.
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January 8, 2024
Sponsored content from AARP. Through the AARP Livability IndexTM platform and other livable community resources, AARP seeks to support efforts by planners and APA to help inform policy, increase community awareness and participation, and improve the quality of life for people of all ages.
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January 4, 2024
Uncovering JAPA: How Traffic Impact Assessments (TIAs) often fail to meet the substantial evidence standard due to flawed, unsubstantial methods.
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January 2, 2024
The Federal Highway Administration finalized an APA-supported planning rule for greenhouse gas emissions, including the release of a reduction tool to move climate change performance measurement forward.
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December 21, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: California plans are analyzed for environmental justice (EJ) incorporation, revealing advancements in BIPOC communities while underscoring the absence of an explicit racial focus.
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December 20, 2023
Florida intergovernmental agency's Skateable Art Park transforms unused space into skaters’ dream.
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December 20, 2023
The Housing Supply Accelerator recently concluded its series of convenings in Atlanta, focused on the need to align infrastructure investments with housing development and address the shortage of construction workers through strategic initiatives.
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December 14, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: Addressing spatial trauma in Black and brown communities, urging today's planners to embrace equitable spatial development through healing approaches.
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December 13, 2023
New research finds some have taken steps to plan and adapt, but others are lagging
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December 12, 2023
Cleveland planners invited nearly 100 elected officials to come together and discuss the role of planning in shaping the city's future.
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December 11, 2023
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: What role can zoning play in shielding naturally occurring affordable housing from redevelopment?
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December 8, 2023
Expand your knowledge about equity in the planning profession with this curated list of books.
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December 7, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: Slow-moving motorbikes allow for "productive frictions" enhancing interactions between people and the streetscape.
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December 6, 2023
December 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the first official use of the term "Complete Streets," learn about key trends and influencing factors that will continue to shape the Complete Streets of the future.
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December 4, 2023
Learn from planning directors about the skills and insights you need to be successful as a planner.
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November 30, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: Early land-use regulations shaped the concepts of race, which challenge today's planners to create equitable spaces.
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November 17, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: Nurturing the culture of a governing body can make it more inclusive for everyone.
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November 15, 2023
Equity in Practice: Learn how students created a new course at the University of Michigan to DO WHAT.
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November 15, 2023
Minneapolis is appealing a recent court ruling that blocked the 2040 comprehensive plan from transforming housing in the city.
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November 14, 2023
The Biden-Harris Administration announced new actions last month to support and accelerate commercial-to-residential conversions through new federal guidance on financing and tax incentives, technical assistance, and the reuse of federal properties.
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November 14, 2023
News Release: Yan Song, PhD, selected as new editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association.
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November 13, 2023
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: How can planners help tribal authorities apply zoning to "checkboard" reservations?
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November 9, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding the impact of the Mapping Prejudice project on advancing more equitable planning policies and practices.
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November 8, 2023
The PRO-Housing Program cleared important legislative hurdles this month after gaining a second year of funding in the Senate transportation and housing funding bill and passing as an amendment in the House's version of the same funding bill.
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November 7, 2023
APA News: New research analysis from APA identifies the varied approaches states are taking for resilience governance.
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November 3, 2023
Statement from the Global Planners Network about the need for effective planning to generate sustainable urbanism in advance of the 74th World Town Planning Day on November 8, 2023.
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November 2, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: The positive impact of low-cost housing remediations led to reduced blight and crime in Philadelphia.
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November 1, 2023
Sponsored content from Tyler Technologies. Learn how planners in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida collaborated with IT to successfully implement Enterprise Permitting & Licensing software and modernize their planning process.
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October 27, 2023
A recap of the third convening for the Housing Supply Accelerator focusing on examining the role of regulatory processes in facilitating housing production to address shortages.
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October 27, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: This viewpoint explores three aforementioned strategies that can be used to start dismantling the existing system in favor of a more just system that that works for everyone.
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October 25, 2023
From ambitious comprehensive plans to intergenerational collaboration with young residents, APA is proud to recognize this year’s award-winning planning efforts.
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October 23, 2023
Equity in Practice: Weekend festival focuses on helping historical all-Black towns survive and thrive.
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October 20, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: Analysis confirms planning journals and practitioners have not focused on Black voices and Black urbanism for nearly three decades.
