The housing crisis is worsening and getting more complex. How can planners lead effectively while preventing the displacement of our neighbors?
Listening Sessions: APA and CPR want to hear from you Read More »
By Carline Au, MCRP. Nominations for East Bay Innovation Awards in Built Environment and Community Impact are open through COB March 25.
2022 East Bay Innovation Awards – Nominate your innovators by 3/25 Read More »
By Adie Tomer, Jennifer S. Vey, and Caroline George. The authors recommend Congress establish a new planning coordination program within the Economic Development Administration to support local governments and business organizations in metropolitan areas of at least 1 million people.
With historic federal investment incoming, regions must collaborate on planning Read More »
From HUD PD&R Edge, March 7, 2022. A brief summary of a Terner Center webinar on the viability of and conditions for commercial space conversion, especially in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Diego metro areas.
The adaptive reuse of commercial space as housing in California Read More »
By Alex Hinds. Landing and succeeding at a dream job doesn’t just happen. Be flexible on location and position.
Find your niche, be strategic, then go for it! Read More »
Partner with Catarina Kidd, AICP, as guest writer for the widely-read “Meet a local planner.”
In search of an interviewer Read More »
Pew Research Center, March 9, 2022. College graduates are more likely than those with less education to say they now earn more and have more opportunities for advancement, compared with their last job.
SPUR has made the majority of its programming free to the public. Here is their calendar for the balance of March 2022, and April.
Free SPUR events for March and April Read More »
By Patricia Voltolini, Melissa Kim, David M. Greenberg, Julia Duranti-Martinez, and Michelle Harati in Next City, 11 min. When it comes to helping small businesses find and develop commercial space in which they can succeed and thrive, affordability, accessibility, and supporting collaboration are key.
Strategies to promote affordable commercial space in cities Read More »
