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September 12, 2023
Who’s That Knocking at Your Door?
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: How equitable are your zoning regulations for home occupations? -
August 14, 2023
Whose Status Quo Should Zoning Protect?
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: How can zoning protect historically disadvantaged and vulnerable neighborhoods and business districts? -
July 10, 2023
Small Churches Equal Big Opportunity
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Does your zoning allow new housing on faith-based land? -
June 9, 2023
Is Creativity the Key to Better Staff Reports?
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Could "right-brain" thinking unlock the potential of your staff reports? -
May 10, 2023
Should States Shrink Zoning?
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Is state preemption of local zoning the answer to the housing crisis? -
April 25, 2023
When It Comes to Large-Scale Solar, Show, Don't (Just) Tell
There's no substitute for a good visualization when it comes to demystifying large-scale solar development. -
April 12, 2023
Can You Zone Drone Use?
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: How might communities apply zoning concepts to regulations for drone operations? -
March 10, 2023
What's in a (Street) Name?
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: How do street naming and addressing regulations affect planning goals? -
March 6, 2023
Plan Now to Overcome Reflexive Opposition to Large-Scale Solar
Reflexive opposition to large-scale solar projects is on the rise in many parts of the country. Start planning now to avoid the reactive trap. -
February 16, 2023
It's Perilous to Ignore “Gentle” Zoning Reforms
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Could subtle zoning changes make a big difference in your community? -
Updated Large-Scale Solar Guidance from Solar@Scale
Is your community ready to have a conversation about large-scale solar development? Check out the new second edition of the Solar@Scale guidebook for a comprehensive discussion of local policies and actions that can affect the siting and design of community- and utility-scale solar facilities. -
January 13, 2023
Demystifying the Zoning Reform Process
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Is your community overdue for a new development code? -
Queuing Up Drive-Thru Zoning Reforms
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: What does a sensible approach to zoning for drive-through services look like? -
Don’t Sleep on Coliving
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Your zoning code probably isn't ready for modern coliving communities. -
Planning With Nature at the Center
The vision of life in a biophilic city is one where we are not separate from nature, but intimately embedded within it. -
Visual Guide to Agrivoltaics and Wildlife-Friendly Solar
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. -
It’s Not Necessarily Solar vs. Agriculture
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. -
January 21, 2022
Grappling with the Racist Legacy of Zoning
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Jenny Raitt challenges planners to reckon with zoning's racist legacy, and work to build integrated and equitable communities. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 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. -
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. -
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. -
Digitalization and Implications for Planning
Digitalization is the conversion of processes or roles from an analog form to a digital form? What are some of these broader societal trends in digitalization, and what are the implications for planning? -
Combating Climate Change Through Vacant Lot Restoration
A success story of how vacant lots in Philadelphia were transformed into climate-resilient pollinator gardens to combat climate change. -
The Future of Planning Is Agile, People-centric, and Technologically Advanced
Petra Hurtado, PhD, APA's Research Director, explores patterns and the agility and technological innovation planners need. -
Exploring Gaps in Guidance for Large-Scale Solar Development
The Solar@Scale team recently analyzed the existing literature on planning and zoning for large-scale solar development and identified some significant gaps. -
Do Planners Know Plan Integration Can Improve Local Resilience?
APA is partnering on a research project that asks planners what they think of planning integration and its potential for building community resilience. -
November 16, 2020
Incorporating Drones Into Planning Practice
City and regional planners are uniquely trained to consider the broader impacts to society of uncrewed aircraft systems like drones. -
Solar@Scale: Improving the Local Rules for Large-Scale Solar
APA has partnered with the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) on Solar@Scale, a new U.S. Department of Energy-funded project to help realize the potential benefits of large-scale solar development for cities, counties, and special districts. -
Crafting a Disaster Recovery Guide With Planners in Mind
APA partnered with Texas A&M University to design a mixed-methods research project examining where planners turn for information and assistance after a disaster. -
APA Partners With Health Impact Project to Advance Health Through Planning
APA's Planning and Community Health program is working in collaboration with the Health Impact Project to help planners integrate health and equity into their comprehensive plans. -
Partnerships + Data: The Keys to Creating Change and Opportunity
One of APA's partners, Enterprise, describes its work in the arena of housing affordability and accessibility. -
Four Plans for Shaping the Future of Puerto Rico
A summary of four plans that will shape Puerto Rico’s response to the urgent humanitarian needs of the island’s residents after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. -
December 13, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Equity in Delaware
The Planners4Health project in Delaware leveraged the work of the Kent County Plan4Health initiative to scale equitable interventions across the state. -
November 23, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Building Capacity in Kansas
The Planners4Health project in Kansas supported integrating planning strategies into established public health coalitions. -
November 8, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Planning in a Time of Health Inequity
The Planning for Health Convening for Southern California brought together planners and public health professionals to forge alliances for community health. -
October 25, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Strategic Mobility and Health in Louisiana
The APA Louisiana Chapter's Planners4Health project was an exercise in beginning to examine and understand the connection between planning and health in Louisiana. -
September 28, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Healthy Growth in Washington
The Planners4Health project in Washington leveraged additional funding sources to conduct an assessment of the need for a comprehensive and collaborative review of the state of Washington’s growth planning framework. -
Water Managers, Planners Connect on Common Goals
Water and Planning Connect, a first-of-its-kind APA specialty conference, brought together planners and water professionals from across the United States as the first step in building a stronger foundation between the professions. -
September 10, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Planning and Public Health Unite in North Carolina
The Planners4Health project in North Caroline continued the momentum of Plan4Health, engaging partners from a range of professions to facilitate healthy community design. -
August 23, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Communicating about Health in Minnesota
The Planners4Health initiative in Minnesota leveraged the Joint Call to Action to Promote Healthy Communities to advance partnerships across the state. -
August 9, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Partnering for Healthy Iowa Communities
The Planners4Health initiative in Iowa built on the success of the Linn County Plan4Health project, advancing cross-sector partnerships across the state. -
July 31, 2018
What Does the Farm Bill Mean for Planning and Public Health?
Discussions about the next Farm Bill are under way, both in Congress and across the country. Learn more about this multi-year law that authorizes most federal policies governing food and agriculture. -
Planning Resilient Urban Forests with i-Tree Landscape
i-Tree Landscape is a free geographic tool that uses tree information to aid local and regional planning for more resilient communities. -
Pisces Foundation Awards Grant for Disaster Recovery
APA and its Foundation have been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Pisces Foundation. Funds will help support communities affected by recent hurricanes with their post-disaster recovery planning efforts. -
July 12, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Taking Action in Ohio
The Planners4Health initiative in Ohio engaged leaders from the three Plan4Health projects to identify next steps for a statewide campaign to integrate planning and public health.
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