By Catarina Kidd, AICP. Libby Tyler worked in both the public and private sectors and in planning education. Her longest tenure — 17 years — was as Community Development Director for the City of Urbana, Illinois.
By Timothy Rood, AICP, and José Ruano, December 2, 2020. To reach populations typically underrepresented in planning, the City offered meetings and materials in Spanish and Vietnamese and partnered with community-based organizations for outreach and engagement.
November 17, 2020. A collection of 1,750 scanned historical reports and archived publications — going back to 1910 — is now available to the public. The documents offer insight into how housing conditions and policies have changed over time and inform policies today.
Justin Flynn et al, December 2, 2020. Despite the pandemic, a class of 14 urban planning graduate students at San José State University spent the fall 2020 semester helping to survey, revitalize, and activate the city’s downtown linear park, a critical civic asset.
