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Nine pathways to much-needed housing
By Leila Hakimizadeh, AICP, and John David Beutler, AICP, June 3, 2020. Desperately-needed new housing can be added if we upgrade zoning and design standards and adopt policies that promote smart density, protect existing residents, and preserve affordable homes.
Socially-distant community engagement: What we know
By Alyssa Chung, Meredith Rupp, and Carla Violet, July 23, 2020. What can we learn from planners who have adjusted…
Meet a local planner: Lina Velasco, AICP
Lina Velasco, AICP, Community Development Director for the City of Richmond, holds a master of community and regional planning from…
Patience, planners; patience
(Zoning, San Luis Ranch Specific Plan, San Luis Obispo) By Henry Pontarelli, July 8, 2020. Don’t expect to see cities…
Equitably resolving public space in the time of Covid-19
(BLM Plaza, Washington, DC. Photo: Victoria Pickering, https://bit.ly/3eZwi9A) By Georgia Sarkin, AICP, July 6, 2020. How can cities evolve for…
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where in the woRLD? MEMBERS SHARE EXPERIENCES FROM NEAR AND FAR
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TOP RIGHT: Singapore. Photo: Jesse Atlas.
BOTTOM: San Francisco. Photo: George Osner, AICP.