Zoning Practice
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Optimizing Performance Guarantees
October 2026
This issue of Zoning Practice explores how planners and local officials can leverage performance guarantees to improve development outcomes. It begins with a primer on distinct types of non-financial and financial guarantees before highlighting key challenges and recommended practices for regulatory design and implementation.
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- Emerging professionals interested in learning more about plan implementation
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April 14, 2026Are We Being Smart About Smart Growth?
March 13, 2026How to Avoid Being a (Design) Control Freak
Share Your Expertise
Zoning Practice welcomes proposals from outside contributors
We are especially eager to hear from potential authors with expertise on the following topics:
- Using zoning to advance equity, sustainability, and resilience objectives
- Recent trends in small-town and rural area zoning
- The effects of demographic or technological change on land use demand