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San Diego, CA, Volume III: Capital Improvements Program
2018This web page links to the city’s current capital improvements program. -
St. Cloud, MN, Capital Improvement Program
2018This web page links to the city’s current capital improvement program. -
Philadelphia, PA, Capital Program
2018This web page links to the city’s current capital improvements program. -
Gwinnett County, GA, Capital Asset Investment and Management Policy
Updated September 2017This standalone policy establishes capital planning requirements for the county. -
Peoria, AZ, Principles of Sound Financial Management
Updated June 2016These standalone policies include a policy establishing requirements for the city’s capital improvement program. -
Horry County, SC, Capital Improvements Program Policies
Updated September 2011This standalone policy establishes capital improvements programming requirements for the county. -
Cumberland County, PA, Capital Planning Policy
Adopted November 2015This standalone policy establishes capital planning requirements for the county. -
San Diego, CA, Prioritizing Capital Improvement Program Projects
Council Policy No. 800-14, Adopted November 2013This standalone policy establishes requirements for the city’s capital improvements program. -
Albuquerque, NM, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 2018The city’s government code includes enabling provisions for capital improvements programming. -
Mascoutah, IL, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2017The city’s administrative code includes enabling provisions for capital improvement planning. -
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0: Four Reasons Why AICP Needs an Open Data Ethic
Journal of the American Planning Association, 83(2): 161–167, 2017by: Lisa Schweitzer, Nader AfzalanThis article makes a case for including guidelines related to the use of big and open data into the AICP Code of Ethics. -
Smart Cities and Sustainability Initiative
April 2015by: APA Smart Cities and Sustainability Task ForceThis report provides an overview of APA's Smart Cities & Sustainability Initiative. -
Innovations in Zoning for Smart Growth
July 2007This report discusses the root flaws in conventional zoning codes and highlights a variety of approaches for codifying smart growth principles. -
Design by the Rules: The Historical Underpinnings of Form-Based Codes
Journal of the American Planning Association, 75(2): 144-160, 2009by: Emily Talen, FAICPThis article details the historical lineage of form-based codes due to it being a largely unexplored topic at a time of renewed interest. -
Form Based Codes: Practical and Legal Considerations
November 2009by: Mark White, AICPThis report discusses what a form-based code is and its legality since like any land use regulation it must be authorized by state law and consistent with state and federal constitutions. -
Form Based Codes in New Jersey: Issues and Opportunities
July 2010This report discusses what form-based zoning is and seeks to clarify uncertainties that exist in New Jersey when determining or applying form-based codes within the communities. -
FCC Model Code for Municipalities: Streamlining Broadband Deployment Ordinance
July 2018This model code provides a template to help municipalities update their telecommunications ordinances to streamline small wireless facility deployment. -
Small Cell Wireless Technology in Cities
August 2018This guide discusses the importance of small cell wireless facility deployment in dense urban areas and provides policy recommendations to cities. -
NLC-NATOA Model Code for Municipalities: Broadband Deployment Ordinance
August 2018This model code provides a template to help municipalities adopt regulations for small wireless facilities in public rights-of-way. -
Summary of Final FCC Small Cell Order
December 2018This guide provides an overview of the effects of FCC Order 18-133 on local control over small wireless facility deployment. -
Spokane Valley, WA, Municipal Code
Updated January 2019The city's codified ordinances include regulations for small cell deployment and review periods. -
FCC Order: Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment
FCC 18-133, Adopted September 2018This FCC order clarifies the application of the TCA to wireless facilities in the ROW and establishes "shot clocks" for application decisions by local governments. -
Small Cell, DAS and Wi-Fi Facilities Siting in the Public Right of Way: Practical Considerations for Local Governments
July 2015by: Baller Herbst Stokes & LideThis memorandum discusses six interests local governments must consider in reviewing, negotiating, and approving the siting of wireless facilities within the public right of way. -
FCC Order: Acceleration of Broadband Deployment by Improving Wireless Siting Facilities, Report and Order
FCC Order 14-153. October 2014This FCC order describes DAS and small-cell wireless facilities and addresses how NEPA applies to these facilities. -
Model Wireless Telecommunications Ordinance for Siting of "Small Cell" Telecommunication Infrastructure in Public Rights-of-Way
January 2019This model ordinance provides a template to help smaller municipalities adopt regulations for small wireless facilities in the ROW. -
Orange County, FL, Public Art Program Guidelines
2006This guide discusses a public art fund available to assist artists in Orange County, Florida, who engage in creative placemaking. -
Supporting Culture-Based Place Making with NEA Grants
November 2013by: Leslie BraunsteinThis blog post highlights a variety of creative placemaking projects funded through NEA Grants. -
Creative Place Making: Turning Urban Open Space into a Cultural Asset
November 2015by: Camilla McLaughlinThis blog post summarizes key points from a panel conversation focused on urban open spaces and creative placemaking. -
Creative Placemaking’s Positive Impact on Community Development
May 2016by: Michael HobanThis blog post discusses how creative placemaking can engage community residents through arts and culture activities. -
Growing Value through Creative Placemaking
October 2016by: Juanita HardyThis blog post showcases how creative placemaking can shape development projects. -
Bloomington, MN, A Plan for Creative Placemaking in the South Loop
Adopted July 2015This subarea plan contains background information on the creative placemaking process in Bloomington and a more traditional plan component that highlights how creative placemaking can strengthen the area. -
Chicago, IL, Chicago Cultural Plan
October 2012This functional plan identifies arts and culture as a key element in supporting quality of life in Chicago and employs creative placemaking strategies to meet goals. -
Austin, TX, Create Austin Cultural Master Plan
2009This functional plan recognizes the importance of supporting artistic and cultural vibrancy and presents goal related to creative placemaking. -
Laguna Beach, CA, Cultural Plan 2016
2016The city's functional plan promotes artistic vitality through creative placemaking in Laguna Beach. -
Perth Amboy, NJ, Creative Perth Amboy
November 2015This functional plan focuses on strategies to support existing character through creative placemaking. -
Salt Lake City, UT, Cultural Core Action Plan
2016This subarea plan highlights the importance of creative placemaking in supporting an active Cultural Core in Salt Lake City. -
Providence, RI, Transportation Corridors to Livable Communities Creative Community Development and Placemaking Strategies
November 2012by: Craig Dreeszen, Tom Borrup, Stephanie FortunatoThis functional plan provides recommendations to engage in arts and culture strategies to improve livability along five transit corridors. -
Providence, RI, Creative Providence
June 2009The city’s creativity functional plan identifies goals related to expand support for arts and culture initiatives and encourage Providence to grow its creative center. -
Minneapolis, MN, The Minneapolis Creative City Road Map
Adopted October 2016The city's functional plan explores how to integrate arts and culture in creating a vibrant city. -
Los Alamos, NM, Creative District Plan
Revised April 2012This subarea plan uses creative placemaking to promote place-based community economic development that incorporates arts and culture. -
Colorado Creative Districts Statute
Colorado Revised Statutes. § 24-48.5-314 – 315, amended 2018Colorado’s revised statutes enable local governments to designate creative districts, which are defined as a hub for cultural facilities, creative industries, or arts-related businesses. -
Connecticut Neighborhood Revitalization Zones Statutes
General Statutes §7-600, Amended 2006Connecticut’s general code supports arts activities through neighborhood revitalization plans and economic and community development provisions. -
Maryland Economic Development Code
Annotated Code of Maryland, § 4-701 - §4-801, 2017Maryland’s economic development code establishes arts and entertainment districts and a special fund for preservation of cultural arts in the state. -
New Mexico Arts and Cultural Districts Act
New Mexico Statutes Annotated §15-5A, Amended 2007New Mexico’s Arts and Cultural Districts Act supports creative placemaking by enabling state and municipally authorized arts and cultural districts. -
South Carolina Libraries, Archives, Museums and Arts Statute
South Carolina Code of Laws §60-15, 2014South Carolina’s libraries, archives, museums, and arts statutes enable the arts commission to designate cultural districts that support creative placemaking. -
Glendale, CA, Municipal Code
2016The city's municipal code establishes an urban art fund that encourages creative placemaking, establishes a design review process, addresses wireless telecommunications facilities in the public right-of-way. -
Southfield, MI, Code of Ordinances
2017The city’s administrative code creates a public arts commission to engage in creative placemaking by including arts in public spaces. -
Creative Placemaking: Connecting Community Development and the Arts
February 2015This collection of videos discusses various elements of successful creative placemaking. -
Placemaking and Cleveland with National Endowment for the Arts
Arts and Culture Roundtable, July, 2013This recorded presentation discusses the relationship between creative economy and creative placemaking. -
Creative Policymaking: Taking the Lessons of Creative Placemaking to Scale
Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts, Volume, Issue 2, 2017by: Kiley ArroyoThis article focuses on how creative placemaking can encourage participatory policymaking.