Creating a Childcare-Friendly Community (Zoning Practice June 2025)

Creating a Childcare-Friendly Community

June 2025

This issue of Zoning Practice explores how zoning reforms and other complementary actions can foster a more supportive environment for childcare facilities. It begins with brief overviews of the ongoing childcare crisis and the regulatory landscape for childcare facilities before outlining the key components of a childcare-friendly approach to zoning.

 

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  • Planners and land use attorneys responsible for drafting or administering zoning and other land use and development regulations
  • Emerging professionals interested in learning more about plan implementation

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  • Using zoning to advance equity, sustainability, and resilience objectives
  • Recent trends in small-town and rural area zoning
  • The effects of demographic or technological change on land use demand