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      by: Meghan Stromberg       December 19, 2024
      JAPA reviewers share their take on books about traffic engineering nightmares, poverty as everyone’s problem, managing really big projects, and learning from utopian ideals of the past.
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      How planners, lawmakers, and residents are changing attitudes and zoning rules about accessory dwelling units in small towns.
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      How planners, lawmakers, and residents are changing attitudes and zoning rules about accessory dwelling units in small towns.
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      As housing challenges mount, planners are contending with a post-work world and water scarcity, while finding opportunities in fungus and reimagining public spaces.
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      This edition of PAS QuickNotes offers practical strategies for cultivating empathy to support personal well-being, strengthen teamwork with colleagues, and enable authentic community engagement.
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    • Year in Review: Planning’s 10 Most-Read Stories of 2024

      Readers spent last year diving into housing issues, zoning solutions, and how roads impact communities.
      by: Jon DePaolis       November 26, 2024
      Readers spent last year diving into housing issues, zoning solutions, and how roads impact communities.
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      By engaging the community, planners can help cities tie sports venues to urban neighborhoods, creating a cultural hub for the whole city.
      by: Joe Tedino       November 21, 2024
      By engaging the community, planners can help cities tie sports venues to urban neighborhoods, creating a cultural hub for the whole city.
    • From Promises to Progress for High-Speed Rail

      Despite delays and challenges, several big-ticket projects are gaining momentum in California, Texas, and Florida.
      by: Daniel Vock       November 14, 2024
      Despite delays and challenges, several big-ticket projects are gaining momentum in California, Texas, and Florida.
    • Why Overusing ‘Resilience’ Hurts Effective Policymaking

      When planners misuse or use words too much, they lose their meaning. This can lead to challenges in understanding and implementing our intended changes.
      by: John Heide, AICP       November 12, 2024
      When planners misuse or use words too much, they lose their meaning. This can lead to challenges in understanding and implementing our intended changes.
    • Keys to Effective Salary Negotiation

      How planners can secure better pay, benefits, and work-life balance.
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      How planners can secure better pay, benefits, and work-life balance.
    • How Anchorage Effectively Eliminated Single-Family-Only Zoning

      Elected officials (including a planner) and a housing advocate share in their own words what it took to adopt zoning reform and turn a “no” vote into “yes.”
      by: Jon DePaolis       October 31, 2024
      Elected officials (including a planner) and a housing advocate share in their own words what it took to adopt zoning reform and turn a “no” vote into “yes.”
    • 7 Ways to Rethink TOD Assumptions for Slow-Growth Areas

      Consider the local market and see whether zoning reform, phased development, or pop-ups can make implementing transit-oriented development a reality.
      by: Patty Folan       October 24, 2024
      Consider the local market and see whether zoning reform, phased development, or pop-ups can make implementing transit-oriented development a reality.
    • Julia Freedgood on How to Grow Strong and Sustainable Food Systems

      It takes a holistic view, systems thinking, and an understanding of how to listen to the community.
      by: Jon DePaolis       October 17, 2024
      It takes a holistic view, systems thinking, and an understanding of how to listen to the community.
    • It’s Time to 'Punch 9 for Harold Washington'

      How public participation helped elect Chicago’s first African American mayor 40 years ago.
      by: Ezra Haber Glenn, AICP       October 10, 2024
      How public participation helped elect Chicago’s first African American mayor 40 years ago.
    • 4 Tools for Sharing Extreme Heat Risk Information

      APA’s Technology Division recommends datasets, dashboards, and more to help planners visualize, communicate, and mitigate the growing risk.
      by: Sarah Bassett, Mahtot Gebresselassie       October 03, 2024
      APA’s Technology Division recommends datasets, dashboards, and more to help planners visualize, communicate, and mitigate the growing risk.
    • Community Co-Creation in the Digital Era

      PAS QuickNotes 108
      by: Ievgeniia Dulko       October 01, 2024
      This edition of PAS QuickNotes explains how new technologies are enhancing the ability of community members to co-create targeted solutions for pressing issues and directly impact the decision-making process.
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    • New ADU Tools May Unlock Affordable Housing in Your Backyard

      From California to Arkansas, ready-made design plans can reduce time and costs during the permitting process.
      by: Jon DePaolis       September 26, 2024
      From California to Arkansas, ready-made design plans can reduce time and costs during the permitting process.
    • Climate Change Pushes Fair Bluff to Higher Ground

      How a North Carolina town, a tribal community, and others are rising from climate-caused ruin to create new beginnings.
      by: Joe Tedino       September 24, 2024
      How a North Carolina town, a tribal community, and others are rising from climate-caused ruin to create new beginnings.
    • Planning for a Hybrid World

      The "2024 Trend Report for Planners" takes a deep dive into how the new normal of work is changing the way people live.
      by: Petra Hurtado, PhD, David Morley, AICP       September 19, 2024
      The "2024 Trend Report for Planners" takes a deep dive into how the new normal of work is changing the way people live.
    • A Work in Progress: USDOT’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot

      Cities in Michigan and Washington are using federal grant money to fund new projects that aim to undo decades of harm done by 20th-century highway infrastructure.
      by: Vicki Johnson       September 12, 2024
      Cities in Michigan and Washington are using federal grant money to fund new projects that aim to undo decades of harm done by 20th-century highway infrastructure.
    • When Driving is Not an Option

      It’s time to recognize and listen to the 25 percent of the U.S. population that doesn’t drive, says author Anna Letitia Zivarts.
      by: Steve Wright       September 05, 2024
      It’s time to recognize and listen to the 25 percent of the U.S. population that doesn’t drive, says author Anna Letitia Zivarts.
    • Environmental Justice and Zoning Reform

      PAS Report 608
      by: Christine Quattro, AICP       September 01, 2024
      Zoning that places residential uses next to high-intensity land uses has environmental justice implications for the health, safety, and welfare of individuals, families, and communities.
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    • Two Years In, One Path Expands Access to AICP

      Support services like office hours and an eligibility checklist set emerging planners on the road to success.
      by: Karen Wolf, FAICP       August 29, 2024
      Support services like office hours and an eligibility checklist set emerging planners on the road to success.
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      Rebecca Everette, AICP, shares how navigating her city's permitting process showed a need for empathy and mutual understanding.
      by: Sophia Burns       August 22, 2024
      Rebecca Everette, AICP, shares how navigating her city's permitting process showed a need for empathy and mutual understanding.
    • As Assembly Lines are Forged, Rural Communities Plan for Positive Growth

      How West Tennessee planners are preparing for a rural renaissance before a humungous battery and EV factory comes to town.
      by: Patrick Sisson       August 15, 2024
      How West Tennessee planners are preparing for a rural renaissance before a humungous battery and EV factory comes to town.
    • New Road Fees for Amazon and Others Supercharge State Transportation Funds

      As gas tax revenues decline due to EV use, states look to online shopping to foot the bill for road repairs and transit projects.
      by: Alex Brown       August 08, 2024
      As gas tax revenues decline due to EV use, states look to online shopping to foot the bill for road repairs and transit projects.
    • Geoengineering

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      by: Senna Catenacci       August 01, 2024
      This edition of PAS QuickNotes offers planners a primer on geoengineering, the intentional, large-scale manipulation of natural systems to mitigate global warming.
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    • Complete Streets Drive Housing, Jobs, and Retail Gains

      A new study finds measurable economic benefits beyond the aesthetics, traffic calming, and pedestrian and bicyclist safety they already are known for.
      by: Arthur Nelson, FAICP       August 01, 2024
      A new study finds measurable economic benefits beyond the aesthetics, traffic calming, and pedestrian and bicyclist safety they already are known for.
    • How Planners Can Win the Battle with Imposter Syndrome

      Managing your response to negative feedback and knowing the value of your training are keys to confidence.
      by: Sophia Burns       July 30, 2024
      Managing your response to negative feedback and knowing the value of your training are keys to confidence.
    • Omaha Leverages Public-Private Partnerships to Increase Housing Supply

      With an eye on equity, layering funding sources creates a revolving loan fund for developing or refurbishing housing.
      by: Jon DePaolis       July 25, 2024
      With an eye on equity, layering funding sources creates a revolving loan fund for developing or refurbishing housing.
    • 'King Coal' Unearths Appalachia’s Entanglement with Extraction

      A new PBS documentary examines the culture built on a fading resource and asks, “What’s next for coal country?”
      by: Ezra Haber Glenn, AICP       July 18, 2024
      A new PBS documentary examines the culture built on a fading resource and asks, “What’s next for coal country?”
    • 5 Tech Tools for Conservation Planning and Urban Green Projects

      APA’s Technology Division recommends tools planners can use to put sustainable infrastructure principles into practice.
      by: Kevin Meindl, AICP, Lian Plass, AICP, Alana Tucker, AICP       July 11, 2024
      APA’s Technology Division recommends tools planners can use to put sustainable infrastructure principles into practice.
    • What Now for Communities and the Unhoused?

      Planners find solutions even before the recent Grants Pass Supreme Court decision.
      by: Daniel Vock       July 02, 2024
      Planners find solutions even before the recent Grants Pass Supreme Court decision.
    • Strategic Planning for Communities and Organizations

      PAS Report 607
      by: Wayne Feiden, FAICP, University of Massachusetts Center for Resilient Metro-Regions       July 01, 2024
      Strategic planning is any short-term process designed to take advantage of strategic opportunities that results in a plan for concrete actions or programs.
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    • Why Paid Community Engagement is Worth the Investment

      Compensation policies help planners build sustainable and authentic relationships, says Noah Boggess, AICP.
      by: Sophia Burns       June 27, 2024
      Compensation policies help planners build sustainable and authentic relationships, says Noah Boggess, AICP.
    • $13 Million in DOE Funding Heats Up Geothermal Energy Projects in Justice40 Communities

      From Alaska to Vermont, retrofits and pilot programs revive an old heating and cooling technology that cuts greenhouse gases (and utility bills too).
      by: Joe Tedino       June 25, 2024
      From Alaska to Vermont, retrofits and pilot programs revive an old heating and cooling technology that cuts greenhouse gases (and utility bills too).
    • Beat Extreme Heat with These 8 Tactics

      America’s deadliest weather disaster calls for both mitigation and management strategies — in the hottest months and beyond. Here's how to get started today.
      by: Ladd Keith, Sara Meerow       June 20, 2024
      America’s deadliest weather disaster calls for both mitigation and management strategies — in the hottest months and beyond. Here's how to get started today.
    • Climate-impacted Native Alaskan Towns Seek Solutions in Manufactured Housing

      Melting permafrost and a lack of labor add challenges to residential home building.
      by: Gregory Scruggs       June 13, 2024
      Melting permafrost and a lack of labor add challenges to residential home building.
    • Can Strong Social Infrastructure Cure the Loneliness Epidemic?

      Creating havens, hubs, and hangouts brings people together and can enhance well-being. Here are 4 steps to get started.
      by: Kimberly Driggins, Bridget Marquis       June 11, 2024
      Creating havens, hubs, and hangouts brings people together and can enhance well-being. Here are 4 steps to get started.
    • Managed Retreat

      PAS QuickNotes 106
      by: Scarlet Andrzejczak       June 01, 2024
      This edition of PAS QuickNotes explores managed retreat as a climate adaptation and risk management strategy.
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    • As Gayborhoods Shrink, Pop-Up LGBTQ+ Spaces Can Build Inclusive Communities

      Events are meeting queer people where they are. Here’s how planners can open doors to more.
      by: Aaron Greiner       May 30, 2024
      Events are meeting queer people where they are. Here’s how planners can open doors to more.
    • Champion Reforms to Solve the Housing Crisis

      The Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook recommends ready-to-implement strategies that local elected officials and planners should embrace to create more diverse, attainable, and equitable housing options in communities big and small.
      by: Joel Albizo, FASAE, CAE       May 23, 2024
      The Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook recommends ready-to-implement strategies that local elected officials and planners should embrace to create more diverse, attainable, and equitable housing options in communities big and small.
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      From Spider-Man to Cities: Skylines, creating communities has never felt more real — and more relevant — for planners.
      by: Bill Jones       May 16, 2024
      From Spider-Man to Cities: Skylines, creating communities has never felt more real — and more relevant — for planners.
    • Flexible New Historic Preservation Policies Support Housing and Climate Solutions

      Four federal policy statements guide planners seeking more modern approaches to housing, climate change, burial grounds, and Indigenous Knowledge.
      by: Sara Bronin       May 09, 2024
      Four federal policy statements guide planners seeking more modern approaches to housing, climate change, burial grounds, and Indigenous Knowledge.
    • Support Grows for Preserving Rural Grocery Stores

      Lawmakers and communities fight to save access to affordable, healthy food and the social infrastructure local markets provide.
      by: Kevin Hardy       May 07, 2024
      Lawmakers and communities fight to save access to affordable, healthy food and the social infrastructure local markets provide.
    • How the National Zoning Atlas Visualizes and Demystifies the Power of Zoning

      Sara Bronin’s sweeping vision gives planners a tool to push for reform.
      by: Sophia Burns       May 02, 2024
      Sara Bronin’s sweeping vision gives planners a tool to push for reform.
    • Yes, You Can Convert Vacant Retail to Housing

      Rethinking ground-floor regulations to include residential uses is a controversial but doable solution to housing underproduction and a glut of empty storefronts.
      by: Larisa Ortiz       April 30, 2024
      Rethinking ground-floor regulations to include residential uses is a controversial but doable solution to housing underproduction and a glut of empty storefronts.
    • ‘Concrete Utopia’ Shows How to Heal Cracks in the Social Fabric

      After an earthquake levels most of their city, tenants self-govern for survival in this South Korean disaster flick.
      by: Ezra Haber Glenn, AICP       April 25, 2024
      After an earthquake levels most of their city, tenants self-govern for survival in this South Korean disaster flick.
    • The New Math of Climate Resilience

      A groundbreaking project in Norfolk, Virginia, multiplies the impact of a $112 million federal grant by making social vulnerability and environmental justice, not just property values, major factors in its calculations.
      by: Jim Morrison       April 18, 2024
      A groundbreaking project in Norfolk, Virginia, multiplies the impact of a $112 million federal grant by making social vulnerability and environmental justice, not just property values, major factors in its calculations.
    • Turn Down the Lights and Turn Up Conservation Benefits

      How a Florida city became the state's first DarkSky-certified community through planning leadership, thoughtful policy creation, and ongoing community engagement.
      by: Rebecca Susmarski       April 11, 2024
      How a Florida city became the state's first DarkSky-certified community through planning leadership, thoughtful policy creation, and ongoing community engagement.

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