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Artist-driven community engagement — and all that jazz!
By James Rojas, February 12, 2021. A workshop on public spaces in the Diridon Station Area of San Jose was a perfect opportunity to experiment with innovative, creative, and virtual engagement tools to connect people to the planning process and influence the outcomes.
Work through community conflict on climate change by confronting fears
By Geoff Ball and Debbie Mytels, February 15, 2021. Cities are the one community-based institution holding responsibility for tending to everyone’s needs, and cities are uniquely positioned to take on the challenge of creating carbon reduction policies that account for the needs of varied stakeholders.
Pandemic severely impacted taxable retail sales in Napa-Sonoma Wine Country
By John Rau, Feb 11, 2021. An economic analysis of the Napa/Sonoma wine country trade area for the second and third quarters of 2020 showed that taxable retail sales and revenues in the area declined dramatically in several categories as a result of stay-at-home orders and resulting business closures.
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Everyone wants progress but no one wants change
By Ludo Campbell-Reid, Feb. 11, 2021. Transforming or adapting cities is as much about behavioral change as physical change. We should be psychologists before we are planners, architects, engineers, or economists.
Planning news roundup
From UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation, February 9, 2021. Four factors led to cost and time savings on the 833 Bryant Street development compared to similar projects.
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