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    • Warren, Rhode Island, Planning Ahead For Rising Sea Levels

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      One of the smallest towns in the smallest state is set to get smaller with climate change, and planners in Warren, Rhode Island, are working on a managed retreat to prepare for it.
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      by: Petra Hurtado, PhD, Joseph DeAngelis, AICP
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    • Preparing for the Electric Vehicle Surge

      Zoning Practice — October 2022
      by: Brian Ross, AICP, Jessica Hyink, Rebecca Heisel       October 01, 2022
      Electric vehicles (EVs) are a rapidly growing sector of our nation’s (and the world’s) light-duty vehicle market. This issue of Zoning Practice identifies the land-use implications of the ongoing EV market transformation, particularly the considerations that communities need to address in regard to public EV charging infrastructure.
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      by: Clinton Andrews, AICP, Keith Cooke, Alexsandra Gomez, Petra Hurtado, PhD, Thomas Sanchez, AICP, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICP, Norman Wright, AICP       September 09, 2022
      This white paper summarizes findings from APA's "AI in Planning" Foresight Community and suggests initial ideas on how planners can prepare for AI and its potential impacts, how planners can ensure AI-based planning tools are used in equitable and inclusive ways, and what the role of the planner should be in developing and using AI-based planning tools.
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      Zoning Practice — August 2022
      by: Thomas Smith
      This issue of Zoning Practice looks at the actions of several communities trying to promote successful mixed-use development, including communities that have adopted stricter criteria for where ground-floor retail is appropriate and communities that have reduced the number of locations where ground-floor retail is mandated.
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    • How State Judiciaries Battled Exclusionary Zoning

      These century-old arguments can support policy change and zoning reform today.
      by: Francine Romero       July 25, 2022
      These century-old arguments can support policy change and zoning reform today.
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      Learn how Sandy Springs, Georgia, is using geographic information system (GIS) technology to manage rapid urban growth while balancing the needs of diverse communities and preserving the city's character.
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      by: Grant Holub-Moorman
      Uncovering JAPA: Learn how planners are adopting new technologies and how AI is expected to impact administrative work, while its role in community engagement remains uncertain.
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      by: Brenna Donegan
      Top takeaways from a new series of federal actions aimed at closing the housing supply gap.
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      by: Grant Holub-Moorman
      Uncovering JAPA: Learn how reframing urban heat as an infrastructure issue and engaging communities in planning can build resilience against rising temperatures.
    • Digital Public Hearings in a Post-COVID World

      Zoning Practice — July 2022
      by: Travis Parker, AICP
      This issue of Zoning Practice examines problems associated with the traditional process of local government public hearings, introduces the relatively new idea of asynchronous public hearings, and explores the advantages and challenges of modernizing the public hearing process.
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      by: Grant Holub-Moorman
      Uncovering JAPA: As disaster storms increase, discover how they significantly impact food access for vulnerable communities.
    • Building on Success: Housing Reform in Grand Rapids

      by: Brenna Donegan
      Since the 2002 master plan, Grand Rapids has seen more than $7 billion of construction invested in the city. Efforts like eliminating single family zoning and studies of individual neighborhood needs have now positioned Grand Rapids for bolder housing reforms with lower risk of gentrification or displacement of neighborhoods.
    • Developers Help Foot Climate Resilience Bills in Boston

      ​​​​​​​How the city uses land value capture to fund infrastructure projects that counter the impacts of climate change.
      by: Anthony Flint       June 14, 2022
      ​​​​​​​How the city uses land value capture to fund infrastructure projects that counter the impacts of climate change.
    • Deregulating Parking

      by: Grant Holub-Moorman
      Uncovering JAPA: Learn how Champaign, Illinois, has combated onsite parking constraints by removing minimum parking requirements and improving the utilization of existing parking.
    • A New Tool for Infill Policy

      by: Grant Holub-Moorman
      Uncovering JAPA: Learn how states are enhancing infill development to lower housing costs by using statistical models to support state agencies prioritize and monitor local zoning regulations.
    • The Baltimore Planning Academy: Community Empowerment Through Civic Education

      PAS Memo 112
      by: Elina Bravve
      This PAS Memo explains the vision and goals of the Baltimore Planning Academy, its structure and design, and its impacts thus far, and offers guidance for planners seeking to create similar civic education and empowerment programs in their communities.
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    • Zoning for Data Centers and Cryptocurrency Mining

      Zoning Practice — June 2022
      by: David Morley, AICP
      Data centers are critical to internet, and there is an emerging segment of the data center market that consists of facilities dedicated to cryptocurrency mining. This issue of Zoning Practice explores why cities, towns, and counties may wish to define and regulate data centers and cryptocurrency mining as distinct uses in their zoning codes and provides a summary of contemporary approaches.
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    • Can ChatGPT Analyze Public Feedback?

      by: Grant Holub-Moorman
      Uncovering JAPA: Learn how ChatGPT analyzes public feedback data, aiding urban planners with high accuracy and essential human oversight.
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      by: Grant Holub-Moorman
      Uncovering JAPA: Carshare programs can benefit low-income travelers but there remain some challenges that need to be addressed.
    • Blockchain for Planners

      PAS QuickNotes 99
      by: Justin Hollander, FAICP
      This edition of PAS QuickNotes explains how blockchain, cryptocurrency, and NFTs could offer planners improved tools for data access and storage, community engagement, public decision-making, and transparency and accountability.
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    • Beyond Use Zoning: The Role of Deregulation in Housing Equity

      Zoning Practice — May 2022
      by: John Zeanah, AICP       May 01, 2022
      This issue of Zoning Practice explores how accessory use standards, dimensional standards, and building codes affect opportunities to build missing middle housing. And it highlights how Memphis and other cities are looking beyond use zoning to advance goals of housing equity in reforming codes and policies.
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    • Planning for Infrastructure Resilience

      PAS Report 596
      by: Joseph DeAngelis, AICP, Haley Briel, Michael Lauer, AICP
      Infrastructure systems and facilities across the country are increasingly threatened by the rising seas and storm events of climate change. This PAS Report helps planners ensure that the public investments of today yield infrastructure that can withstand the floods of the future.
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    • Spokane's Interim Housing Ordinance Allowed City to Do 'Some Great Things'

      by: Jon DePaolis
      The Building Opportunity and Choices for All interim ordinance adopted by Spokane in 2022 allowed for up to four housing units to be built on any residential lot.
    • Applying Online Community Engagement Lessons to In-Person Meetings

      by: Grant Holub-Moorman
      Uncovering JAPA: Explore the community engagement strategies and approaches planners utilized during the COVID-19 that provide valuable insights for enhancing future in-person engagement practices.
    • Low-Carbon Land-Use Laws

      Zoning Practice — April 2022
      by: Meg Williams       April 01, 2022
      This issue of Zoning Practice explores how cities, towns, and counties can use land-use regulations to respond to climate change by promoting energy-efficient and zero-emission buildings; development patterns that encourage walking, bicycling, and transit use in lieu of personal automobiles; and preservation and expansion of green infrastructure.
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    • Artificial Intelligence and Planning Practice

      PAS Memo 111
      by: David Wasserman, AICP, Michael Flaxman       April 01, 2022
      This PAS Memo equips planners with an understanding of AI concepts and their potential uses for planning practice, as well as important considerations in ensuring responsible and equitable use of these technologies.
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    • Extended Reality for Planning

      PAS QuickNotes 98
      by: Jennifer Mendez
      This edition of PAS QuickNotes explores the ways in which planners can use extended reality (XR) for many different aspects of planning work, including visualizations with real-world context, community engagement with vulnerable populations, and planning scenario design.
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    • Planning and Zoning for Mobility Hubs

      Zoning Practice — March 2022
      by: Andrew Crozier, AICP, Lisa Nisenson
      This issue of Zoning Practice introduces the idea of mobility hubs and presents information on how to integrate them into plans and codes. It reviews the history of the mobility hub concept, examines contemporary mobility hub practices, presents a typology to guide planning and zoning for future mobility hubs, and highlights noteworthy trends that may affect the future of mobility hubs.
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    • Three Essential Questions for Better Planning

      PAS Memo 110
      by: Kyle Ezell, FAICP CUD       February 01, 2022
      This PAS Memo introduces three essential planning questions that help planners ensure their work benefits as many people as possible, negatively impacts as few people as possible, and includes as many people as possible.
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    • Zoning for Office-to-Housing Conversions

      Zoning Practice — February 2022
      by: Elizabeth Garvin, AICP, Mary Madden, AICP       February 01, 2022
      This issue of Zoning Practice summarizes the benefits of adaptive reuse and widespread barriers to converting offices to residences. Then, it explores how different zoning standards and techniques affect opportunities to adaptively reuse office spaces for residences.
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    • Empowering the Next Generation of Planners

      by: Dina Walters
      Equity In Practice: In Boston, a collaborative effort is empowering diverse youth to pursue careers in urban planning and create positive community impact.
    • Can Transit-Oriented Developments Include Affordable Development?

      by: Grant Holub-Moorman
      Uncovering JAPA: Explore hurdles to affordable housing in Southern California's transit-oriented developments, and the importance of legislative and local government support for inclusivity in transit communities.
    • The Global Challenge of Planning for Housing

      The housing supply crisis is an international challenge. Planners and policymakers in countries around the globe are grabbling with how to increase housing diversity, attainability, and equity. The Presidents of APA, the Royal Town Planning Institute, and the Canadian Institute of Planners will talk about what’s happening in their respective countries and how planners are rising to the challenge.
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    • Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook

      May 06, 2024
      The Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook is for local elected officials and community planners working to boost diverse, attainable, and equitable housing supply in communities nationwide.
    • Journey Toward Better Decision-Making Using Digital Twins

      by: Jon DePaolis
      Digital twins are having a moment — becoming more and more part of the built environment zeitgeist as planners look for ways to visualize and better design their communities.
    • Will We Zone For Transit?

      by: Grant Holub-Moorman
      Uncovering JAPA: Explore how transit-oriented development (TOD) emerged as a crucial strategy in curbing urban sprawl with the 2023 Montreal light rail project.
    • Civic Tech Could Be the Key to More Inclusive Budgeting

      Denver-area planners are using innovative tech solutions to open civic engagment up to new voices and ideas.
      by: Jake Blumgart       January 07, 2022
      Denver-area planners are using innovative tech solutions to open civic engagment up to new voices and ideas.
    • Ending Zoning’s Racist Legacy

      Zoning Practice — January 2022
      by: Jennifer Raitt       January 01, 2022
      This issue of Zoning Practice summarizes how exclusionary zoning practices reinforce patterns of segregation originally established by illegal racial zoning, racially restrictive covenants, and federal policies in the first half of the 20th century. And it highlights steps Boston and Louisville, Kentucky, have taken to begin to rectify these inequities through zoning reforms.
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    • Coordinating Community Growth to Promote Physical Activity

      Planning Approaches to Encourage Physical Activity in Small and Rural Communities
      by: Johamary Pena, AICP, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICP
      This blog post provides an overview of growth area identification as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series.
    • Advancing Active Living Through Adaptive Reuse

      Planning Approaches to Encourage Physical Activity in Small and Rural Communities
      by: Johamary Pena, AICP, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICP
      This blog post provides an overview of adaptive reuse as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural towns. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series.
    • Creative Placemaking for Community Health

      Planning Approaches to Encourage Physical Activity in Small and Rural Communities
      by: Johamary Pena, AICP, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICP
      This blog post provides an overview of community events as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series.
    • Activating Communities Using Pop-Up Designs

      Planning Approaches to Encourage Physical Activity in Small and Rural Communities
      by: Johamary Pena, AICP, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICP
      This blog post provides an overview of pop-up designs and activations as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series.
    • Building on Community Assets to Encourage Physical Activity

      Planning Approaches to Encourage Physical Activity in Small and Rural Communities
      by: Johamary Pena, AICP, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICP
      This blog post provides an overview of elevating community assets to increase physical activity in small and rural towns. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series.
    • Asset-Based Community Development

      PAS QuickNotes 97
      by: Alexsandra Gomez       December 01, 2021
      This edition of PAS QuickNotes highlights how planners can use ABCD to inform solution-oriented and conscious practices in all aspects of the planning process and advance equitable and restorative planning.
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    • Zoning Minimalism

      Zoning Practice — December 2021
      by: Norman Wright, AICP       December 01, 2021
      This issue of Zoning Practice makes a case for why a minimalist approach to zoning may be necessary to achieve our core aims. It proposes five simple rules that could constitute the basis of an effective zoning code and demonstrates how these rules might work in practice.
    • A Planner’s Guide to Meeting Facilitation

      PAS Report 595
      by: Milton Herd, FAICP       June 01, 2019
      Leading a public meeting can be challenging, and this responsibility often falls to planners — but meeting facilitation skills are not usually taught in schools. This PAS Report offers step-by-step guidance in planning, preparing for, and leading a group meeting to a productive outcome.
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