By Florentina Craciun, May 13, 2021. From the list of our 2021 winners, I highlight two efforts that overcame the pandemic’s challenges to produce innovative and beneficial results for communities.
Director’s note: Planning Positivity Read More »
By Arielle Milkman, April 28, 2021. City planners ask the public to participate in planning processes, but people are tired of showing up. This easy-to-read and well-written article explains why. (~8 min.)
Why participatory planning fails (and how to fix it) Read More »
Interviewed by Catarina Kidd, AICP. Hinds was the planning director for three different California counties over a 24-year span. He led the 2007 Marin Countywide Plan, recognized nationally for its sustainability and climate change implementation measures.
Meet a local planner: Alex Hinds Read More »
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP. Oakland is planning to be comprehensively inclusive as it embarks on a transformative update of its 20th Century general plan. (Proposals are due June 25.)
Big plan update for big East Bay city Read More »
Continuing students, APPLY BY MAY 31. Watch a webinar with information on the scholarships and tips for a winning application .
There’s still time to apply for a CPF scholarship Read More »
News about Della Acosta, AICP; Marielle (Mari) Hsu; and Kate Sargent — assembled by associate editor Haeseo (Hazel) Choi.
Reviewed by Krystle Heaney, AICP. How did the American Dream — a single-family home on a privately owned lot — become an overpriced nightmare? Which new trends in housing are promising?
By Ned Thomas, AICP, and Kevin Riley, AICP, April 13, 2021. (Image: Draft Metro Plan Land Use Diagram, courtesy City of Milpitas.) Over the past decade, Milpitas converted 375 acres of older industrial and office uses around its new transit center to affordable housing and jobs.
Milpitas Metro Plan takes full advantage of transit Read More »
By Alan Hoffman, April 15, 2021. Transit is one of the few public services that actually competes for business. People who can choose won’t ride transit if it takes longer than driving, if stations/stops are inconveniently located, or if the experience is stressful.
Post-pandemic planning, Part 2: Insights from market research Read More »
By Rachael Smith, AICP, via Next City, March 26. Swiss painter Johannes Itten (1888-1967) said, “Color is life; for a world without colors appears to us as dead.” Many structures in our gray cities would look far nicer with a touch of color. Think about what you can do to liven up your community.
American cities should be more colorful Read More »
