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June 6, 2023
New Habitat Restoration Tool Helps to Prioritize Equity
Equity in Practice: Fort Collins created a habitat equity tool that focuses not just on nature but people. -
April 27, 2023
Centering Equity in Planning and Public Health Collaborations
Uncovering JAPA: Without an equity focus, planning and public health collaborations can harm vulnerable communities or lead to ineffective policies. -
April 6, 2023
Applying Intersectionality as Planners to Combat Health Inequities
Uncovering JAPA: Planners must understand the multiple overlapping factors that can produce health disparities. -
January 26, 2023
Understanding the Diverse Perceptions of Covid-era Street Schemes
Uncovering JAPA: How enduring is the support for outdoor dining and street closures post-COVID? -
January 12, 2023
Decriminalizing Vehicular Homelessness in Los Angeles
Uncovering JAPA: Restrictive vehicle ordinances do not reduce the prevalence of vehicular homelessness, but shift it to different communities. -
December 22, 2022
Removing Freeways and Healing Communities
Equity in Practice: The economic and community outcomes of removing Milwaukee's Park East Freeway. -
Restorative Planning in Action: Lessons from Mound Up!
Equity in Practice: Community-led planning effort builds upon Memphis 3.0 to revitalize Orange Mound neighborhood. -
October 21, 2022
Advancing Public Safety
Equity in Practice: Portland neighborhood prioritizes people over vehicles to help reduce violence. -
September 15, 2022
Planning for Emerging Infectious Disease Pandemics
Uncovering JAPA: A framework for how planners can be involved in infectious disease management. -
May 2, 2022
Siting Community Facilities to Increase Destination Accessibility
This blog post provides an overview of siting community facilities as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
May 2, 2022
Coordinating Commercial Development to Advance Physical Activity
This blog post provides an overview of commercial development coordination as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
May 2, 2022
Infill Development Supports Community Connectivity
This blog post provides an overview of infill development as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
May 2, 2022
Active Living Opportunities through Cluster Housing
This blog post provides an overview of cluster developments as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
March 28, 2022
Encouraging Physical Activity Through Traditional Neighborhood Development
This blog post provides an overview of traditional neighborhood development as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
March 28, 2022
Supporting Active Living Through Mixed-Use Developments
This blog post provides an overview of mixed-use development as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
March 10, 2022
Harnessing Improvement Districts to Increase Physical Activity
This blog post provides an overview of improvement districts as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
March 10, 2022
Green Space Improvements Promote Destination Connectivity
This blog post provides an overview of creative placemaking as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
March 10, 2022
Connecting Destinations through Pedestrian-Oriented Design
This blog post provides an overview of pedestrian-oriented design as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
February 10, 2022
The Cost of Avoiding Public Transit During COVID-19
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding the burden on individuals who avoided public transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
December 21, 2021
APA Launches "Everyday Destinations" Blog Series
This blog post introduces the Everyday Destinations project, a 15-part blog series that explores planning approaches to encourage physical activity in small and rural communities. -
December 21, 2021
Advancing Active Living Through Adaptive Reuse
This blog post provides an overview of adaptive reuse as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural towns. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
December 21, 2021
Creative Placemaking for Community Health
This blog post provides an overview of community events as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
December 21, 2021
Activating Communities Using Pop-Up Designs
This blog post provides an overview of pop-up designs and activations as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
December 21, 2021
Coordinating Community Growth to Promote Physical Activity
This blog post provides an overview of growth area identification as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
December 21, 2021
Building on Community Assets to Encourage Physical Activity
This blog post provides an overview of elevating community assets to increase physical activity in small and rural towns. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
December 21, 2021
Encouraging Active Living Through Community Events
This blog post provides an overview of community events as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
November 12, 2021
Is Campus Zoning Due for a Shake-Up?
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Cities, towns, and counties often take a light touch when it comes to zoning for major educational and health-care campuses. But do demographic and technological changes mean it's time to rethink the status quo? -
August 4, 2021
Pro-Planning Infrastructure Bill Poised to Clear Senate Hurdle
Planners' infrastructure priorities will hit an important milestone later this week (August 4, 2021) when the Senate passes the bipartisan infrastructure bill. -
February 25, 2021
What Planners Should Know About the Current COVID Relief Bill
The latest coronavirus relief bill has only one legislative hurdle to clear before becoming law. With the House of Representatives expected to vote on the final legislation tomorrow, planners will see federal action on one of our four legislative priorities this week. -
The Future of Planning Is Agile, People-centric, and Technologically Advanced
Petra Hurtado, PhD, APA's Research Director, explores patterns and the agility and technological innovation planners need. -
January 29, 2021
Harnessing the Economic Power of Short-Term Rentals for Growth in 2021
Sponsored Content from Granicus: Whether because of COVID concerns or in spite of them, the growth of the short-term rental market was rapid in 2020, and it looks like that trend will continue in 2021. -
Early Research on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Density
Uncovering JAPA: Read some early research into whether density aggravates the COVID-19 pandemic. -
December 10, 2020
Exploratory Scenario Planning for Uncertain Futures
Uncovering JAPA: How can planners best use exploratory planning scenarios? -
October 15, 2020
Changing Spaces Won’t Change Your Weight
Uncovering JAPA: Can making spaces more compact reduce obesity among young adults? It's not that simple. -
August 24, 2020
4 Questions Asked During COVID-19 That Expose Gaps in Short-Term Rental Enforcement
Sponsored Content from Granicus: A strong ordinance and a proactive approach can provide communities with a sustainable system for regulation of short-term rentals. -
August 18, 2020
Being an Idealist in Difficult Times
A Guide for the Idealist post: Challenging times may challenge idealist commitments but they endure with a focus on higher ideals of justice, truth, and beauty. -
July 28, 2020
Six Ways Planners Can Help Communities Bridge the Racial Wealth Gap
Planners offer a big-picture, multidisciplinary lens that can play a pivotal role in increasing equity. Here are six things planners can do to advance racial wealth and economic opportunity in your community. -
July 28, 2020
Planners Demand Emergency Funding for State, Local Governments
Negotiations on a new wave of federal emergency assistance are underway in Congress — but direct support for states and communities remains a sticking point. -
July 23, 2020
Planning for Climate Change, Planning for Communities
Uncovering JAPA: Can large-scale climate action coexist with community-based planning? One JAPA author says they can and they must. -
June 17, 2020
Remembering Chris Kochtitzky: A Conversation on COVID-19
APA's Sagar Shah creates a final conversation with his late friend Chris Kochtitzky, who was a senior advisor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until his death in early May. -
June 8, 2020
Preparing for COVID-19 Recovery in Seattle
A Q&A with Sam Assefa, director of Seattle’s Office of Planning & Community Development, explores the planning department’s role in Seattle’s coronavirus strategy. -
Cultivating Planning Career Resilience
The pandemic has caused a delay in the job search processes, leaving many challenges for recent grads and job seekers. In this Guide for the Idealist post, get ideas on how to keep moving forward with optimism. -
May 27, 2020
A Necessary Paradigm Shift in How We Use Urban Space
What planning changes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic will be interim fixes, and which will stay permanently? -
May 12, 2020
7 Ways to Respond to Regulation Rollbacks
How can planners offer sound, ethical strategies when the pandemic puts pressure on officials to ease or roll back regulations? -
May 7, 2020
Will Congress Deliver the Relief Communities Need to Avoid Fiscal Calamity?
Communities are facing mounting fiscal pressures as expenditures skyrocket and revenues quickly dry up. APA has joined with leading national organizations to urge Congress to provide robust, flexible relief for municipalities and states now. -
May 6, 2020
The Economic State of the States
A look at the economic state of the states at this point in the COVID-19 pandemic — and why planners are so critical to response and recovery. -
April 28, 2020
How Short-Term Rentals Can Affect the Impact of Coronavirus in Your Community
Sponsored Content from Harmari STR: Planners are taking a close look at how the short-term rental industry can affect efforts to flatten the COVID-19 curve. -
April 28, 2020
How to Help Your Community Access CARES Act Aid
The CARES Act provides local governments with relief aid to address the immediate economic impact of COVID-19. Be in the know about how to help your community access CARES Act aid. -
Six Ways Planners Can Help Local Business in a Crisis
Get six strategies that planners can use now to help ease the economic crisis for businesses in their communities. -
Leading Remotely in a Crisis
Get 10 tips for how to be a strong, flexible leader when your team is working remotely — plus a rundown of technology to get the job done.
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