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.
The deaths of fire, law enforcement, corrections and EMS leaders and personnel will have a decades-long impact on department operations, safety and capability
Planning documents sent to health departments ask officials to work out which groups should receive the vaccine first
The committee formed at the behest of the National Institutes of Health and CDC published a draft recommending a four-phase distribution plan for the vaccine
SkyRail monorail can help cities reduce traffic congestion and air pollution and may be a cost-effective, faster-to-build alternative to traditional metro.
Boulder is becoming a resilient city through a sustainable energy P3 that will make critical facilities operational during extended power loss.
A Facebook session about the Seattle affordable housing plan with the mayor attracts questions about developer requirements, upzoning, displacement and more.
San Francisco has decided to keep a renegade bike lane created with safe-hit posts by an anonymous, crowd-funded bike safety group.
About 4,000 events nationwide mark Safe Routes to School’s 20th Walk to School Day. Grants are available for community walking and biking projects.
The developer is asking for a tax break to build a Bay City low income senior development on a vacant parking lot.
Placemaking grants encourage communities to design spaces and redevelop public areas in sync with their residents’ ideals and needs.
Duluth, Ga., Mayor Nancy Harris advises city planners to design based on local mojo.
Placemaking brings the perceptions of neighborhoods to civic planning efforts in order to express community identity through the built environment.
A grant-funded commercial kitchen in Brightmoor can fight blight and teach other communities how to get a food-based micro-economy up and running.
A U.S. Court of Appeals broadband decision prevents two cities from pursuing self-determination of strategies to increase access to underserved communities.
Wilson, Ark., a former company town, is looking for a chief executive officer that can take its vision of rural innovation into the future.
Stamford, Conn., Urbana, Ill., and Pelahatchie, Miss., mayors present creative smart growth revitalization strategies in Washington D.C.
Dubai has plans to complete Desert Rose City, a green oasis, by 2020. Considering delays in nearby smart city pioneer Masdar City, is it possible?
Learn how one city is taking steps to make bike commuting safer and more reliable.
Can walkable neighborhoods play a role in reducing obesity-related conditions? One study looked at why modern society is so inactive.
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