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How Single Use Can Be Mixed Use
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 12:32amHoward Blackson's latest post on the Placemakers blog clarifies the concept of "mixed use." A narrow definition of mixed use limits the term to mixed-use buildings: for example, buildings partially devoted to housing and partially devoted to other uses.
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What I (Sort of) Wish I'd Said
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 10:10pmLast Friday, I gave a speech on conservatives and smart growth at the New Partners for Smart Growth conference. At the panel discussion after the speech I was asked "what if you want to build something nice and your neighbor wants to build a car wash?" I gave an honest but nuanced answer... read more »
zoning budgets- one way to keep NIMBYism under control
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:50amRoderick Hills and David Schleicher, two law professors, have proposed one way to limit NIMBY-inspired downzonings: a "zoning budget." Specifically, they propose that cities require every downzoning to be matched by an upzoning somewhere else, so that the city's "budget" was always balanced.&n... read more »
The North Carolina Senate's Big Act
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 4:34pmAlthough Governor Bev Perdue - a Democrat - now heads North Carolina, one would hardly equate the Tar Heel State as a capital of big government. In the land of states' rights, logic would seemingly dictate that the North Carolina state legislature would allow for local municipalities to operate free... read more »
Taking it to the Street
Submitted by beuban29 on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 11:50amOur studio was recently included in APA's Planning Magazine for our Field Trips and what we have learned from them.
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New Urbanism Primer in Lifestyle Magazine
Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 11:06amLifestyle Magazine has a nice feature on the basics of new urbanism.
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Smart growth and regulation aren't the same thing
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 3:37pmMost debate over the relationship between smart growth, zoning regulations, and housing prices divides city and state governemnts into two categories: (a) laissez-faire, pro-sprawl governments and (b)
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Gulf Coast New Urbanism and the Katrina Cottage - USA Today
Submitted by JonZirkle on Tue, 10/17/2006 - 12:21pmUSA Today’s Larry Copeland tells us that many coastal Mississippi towns are rebuilding their communities with new urbanist principles in mind. But not all towns are jumping on the bandwagon. Towns like Biloxi seem weary of recent efforts to create walkable communities with widespread access to s... read more »
Zoning Creates Barriers to Progress - Boston Globe
Submitted by JonZirkle on Sun, 06/04/2006 - 2:00amAccording to Anthony Flint, today’s zoning codes are creating problems for many U.S. towns and cities, not just in the Massachusetts Commonwealth. In his June 4th Boston Globe article, Flint advocates for a radical overhaul in zoning policy after pointing out the irony that building modern versio... read more »