• CincinnatiFBC Cincinnati neighborhood framework

    Cincinnati Citywide Form-based Code

    A Landmark in Form-Based Coding
    Codes don’t happen in a void. Cincinnati Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and Planning Director Charles Graves put their weight behind the creation of a form-based code to inspire the revitalization of their urban neighborhoods. A Community Challenge Planning Grant from The Department of Housing and Urban...Read more
  • Form Based Codes Beaufort County pedestrian view

    Beaufort County Multijurisdictional Form-Based Code/Land Development Code

    A Regional Tool for Resilience
    Beaufort County, a Lowcountry South Carolina region of historic towns and magnificent estuaries, is growing at a phenomenal rate—putting pressure on public services, infrastructure, quality of life, and the natural environment. Now, a form-based code backed by a shared growth vision in three...Read more
  • Tactical Urbanism San Marcos plantings

    Code SMTX: Tactical Urbanism Intervention and Project Kickoff

    Improving Downtown — for Pennies on the Dollar
    Code SMTX in San Marcos, Texas may carry the distinction of all-time least expensive winner. The return on investment for the city and for community members has been significant. For one day in June 2014, the City of San Marcos and Dover, Kohl & Partners worked to re-envision downtown using so-...Read more

  • Columbia Pike

    A code transforms a commercial strip corridor
    First built over 200 years ago as a toll road connecting Washington, D.C. to greater Virginia, the Columbia Pike now serves as a direct route to the Pentagon and other capital landmarks. Until recently, this Arlington, Virginia thoroughfare was an aging commercial strip stifled by outdated single-...Read more