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PAS for the Whole OfficeWhen your organization subscribes to the Planning Advisory Service, everyone in the office gets access to PAS resources. Make sure everyone in the office has access PAS RecommendsYou can search the APA Library's catalog of more than 4,200 planning publications online. Or use the library's new Planners Bibliography for annotated listings. Learn more about the APA Library APA's Energy and Climate Database offers a unique look at how communities are integrating energy and climate change issues into planning. Solar EnergyThanks to a partnership with DOE, ICMA, and ICLEI, APA is extending assistance to all planners, public officials, and solar advocates looking for information about how to promote solar energy use. PAS Subscribers: Get Started HereLog in to My APA at right to take advantage of your organization's subscription to PAS. You'll have full access to current and back issues of PAS QuickNotes and PAS Memo, the full series of PAS Essential Info Packets, and digital PAS Reports. You can also borrow bound copies of PAS Reports and submit your questions to the Inquiry Answer Service. This Month at PASMay 2013 You Asked. We Answered.What are best practices for regulating condominium conversions? Planning for the DeceasedThe latest PAS Report looks at the land-use and public health issues associated with funerals, burials, and cremation, with a special eye toward private versus public interests and the complex web of state and federal oversight. Getting Trip Generation Right: Eliminating the Bias Against Mixed-Use DevelopmentRead the latest PAS Memo to learn about a new methodology for predicting traffic generation from mixed use development. The Consistency DoctrineRead the latest PAS QuickNotes for primer on the various models used for judging consistency across the U.S. and how to determine what consistency means in your state. Promoting Ground-Floor Retail in Mixed Use DistrictsRead this new PAS Essential Info Packet to learn how communities can zone by floor in commercial mixed use districts. Historic PAS ReportsSee what planners in the 1960s were learning about public hearings in PAS Report No. 240. And check out the whole series of early reports available online. | ||