Planning
Planning is an essential function of local and state government agencies, involving the strategic development of policies and initiatives that shape the growth and sustainability of communities. Effective planning covers a wide range of areas, including land use, transportation, and environmental impact, ensuring that development aligns with the region’s long-term goals. This directory offers articles on planning and related topics like Zoning, which explores the regulations that govern land use and development to create orderly and beneficial urban and rural environments.
Though still a work in progress, Chicago Lawn is no longer the South Side neighborhood of violent repute, and it may just be a model that helps struggling neighborhoods across the country.
The makeover calls for unique playground equipment with a forest theme, a picnic and lawn area, an off-leash dog park, adult exercise equipment, a vendor kiosk and public restrooms with an attendant.
Volunteer opportunities between high school and college or college and a job are financially out of reach for many kids from rural areas. Meanwhile, volunteers from cities and suburbs tend to prefer urban or international postings.
Falling bridges and crumbling roads trumped anti-tax sentiment in more than a half-dozen states during this year’s legislative sessions
Multi-million dollar investment highlights growing agency trend to transform business processes with mobile and online efficiency
Cities argue a potent lobbying presence in the state Capitol, in Washington and in corporate boardrooms is no longer an extravagance, it’s a necessity
The grassroots movement aims to engage local residents in campaigns to boost sustainability and economic growth by nurturing community resilience
After Wellington highlighted the confusing parking space, the NYC Department of Transportation repainted the spot to mark it more clearly as no-parking zone
Rain gardens are effective in filtering storm water and allowing it to infiltrate the soil, rather than bringing pollutants into large bodies of water
Walkable real estate development projects and places are on the rise nationwide.
The Family Options Study examines the effectiveness and cost of three crisis interventions - transitional housing, rapid re-housing and usual care
In creating self-sustaining places, Placemaking needs to be a community-based process, not just a strategy that has been imposed by city leaders
Studies point to a myriad of benefits from two-way streets such as improved safety, lower crime and higher property values
Local leaders, planners, engineers and visionaries use a range of innovative and tested techniques to make a community more livable and walkable.
New resource provides real-world policy ideas for collaborative broadband development
New research suggests street designs and intersections could be safer if urban planners took bicycle crash data into account
The maldistribution of talent across school districts raises questions about student attendance patterns and segregation
Tough new ordinances seek to seize the property of homeless people across the city. And there’s likely more to come
State officials are trying to curb the high costs of rural school systems in a state with a deep history of community identity
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