Planning Magazine Summer 2026
Summer is heating up — and so is Planning. The cover story explores what happens when planners break their addiction to dots and get creative with community engagement. This issue also asks whether the so-called “Montana Miracle” has answered that state’s housing prayers. Plus: new planning books and films, AI planning tools, adaptive reuse strategies that make the grade, SpaceX’s new town experiment, and the big advantages of small towns.
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Dipping Out of Dots
Consultants in Georgia pushed their creativity to new levels by eschewing traditional community engagement exercises in favor of innovative public participation methods.
Did the Montana Miracle Answer the State’s Housing Prayers?
A rare bipartisan coalition rewrote housing rules — and kept them intact through fierce legal challenges that made it all the way to the state’s supreme court.
Governors ‘Pull Every Lever’ to Boost Housing Supply
States’ top executives are elevating housing as a key economic and workforce issue.
INTERSECTIONS
Housing: New life for old schools
Land use: SpaceX's company town gets off the ground
People Behind The Plans: Hazard mitigation's future
Et Cetera: A city at its breaking point
TOOLS FOR THE TRADE
Economic development: Small-town advantage
Tech: AI tools for planners
The profession: Don't wait to start succession planning
Planners library: Must-read books for summer
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Contributors
Perspectives: The power of a casual conversation
Community Green: Louisville's waterfront botanical gardens