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The 2025 Trend Report for Planners is now available! The fourth edition provides insights into the potential changes and shifts that may affect how communities function and operate in the future. Help your communities prepare for an uncertain future and craft resilient and agile plans.
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Prioritizing Zoning Reform
Planning-led zoning reform is key to tackling many of the nation's greatest challenges — especially the housing supply crisis. With adequate support, zoning reform can increase housing choice, lower housing costs, bolster local economies, address inequities in our communities, and connect people to opportunity.
Spring 2025 AICP Certification Cycle
AICP Certification helps you make an impact — in your career, your projects, and your community. The streamlined One Path to AICP Certification enables you to achieve your planning goals. Start assessing your readiness and prepare today!
Register Now for NPC25
Registration is open for the National Planning Conference (NPC25)! Register early to secure your spot for the premier planning event of the year. Join planning professionals from across the country in Denver, March 29–April 1, and online April 23–25, to exchange ideas, learn from experts, and explore one of the nation's most vibrant cities for innovative urban development. Early bird rates end February 28.
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February 20, 2025
A Community-Created Rubric for Heat Planning
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Planning is Not Project Management
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Turn Down the Lights
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February 10, 2025
What's Next for Housing Policy?
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February 8, 2025
In Memoriam: Donald Shoup, FAICP
Planning Magazine
Dive deep into the profession's trends, challenges, and voices.
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What Makes Bluesky the New ‘It’ Space for Urbanists
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How Word Choice Builds More Inclusive Communities
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January 30, 2025
A Unique Texas Aquifer Program Models 5 Rules for Protecting Open Space
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January 23, 2025
Reviving Black Main Streets
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January 16, 2025
Think Big, Plan Small: Lessons from Icelandic Cities for the U.S.
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