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Small Towns take planning big
By Krystle Heaney, AICP, January 18, 2021. California’s North Coast cities and towns are small and spread-out, agriculture and tourism provide the economic base, and local planners need and develop many different planning skills.
Meet a local planner – Janea Jackson, AICP
Interviewed by Catarina Kidd, AICP. “My undergraduate major at Penn was sociology. I was interested in how housing can help…
The slow streets of College Terrace
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP. What can we learn from a 1974 project that keeps streets quiet and safe in…
Storytelling workshops: Galvanizing community around displacement
By Reanna Tong, AICP, January 17, 2021. Two free workshops on February 13 will focus on anti-displacement campaigns to teach…
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Call for nominations – Get recognized by the APA Calif. Northern Section!
Sacramento City Council votes to allow fourplexes in all single-family zones
28 planners added AICP to their names last year
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TOP RIGHT: Sausalito. Photo: @DianeBentleyRaymond.
BOTTOM LEFT: Quito, Ecuador. Photo: Juan Borrelli, AICP.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Mt. Hamilton. Photo: Juan Borrelli, AICP.