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The Planner’s Tool Kit includes zoning ordinances, subdivision and land development ordinances, and a variety of other regulatory and non-regulatory approaches. With new and unique issues to address, even experienced planners struggle to identify which tool or combination of tools most effectively addresses the issues. Complicating the issue, enabling authority and preemption may rather arbitrarily limit the use of some tools. This session engages participants in a discussion of how to address unique issues most effectively while shielding the local government from liability.

The session will cover how shared spaces and flush streets can help with big objectives such as making better places, increasing economic exchange, and simplifying maintenance. It will also cover achieving other objectives such as making it easier for pedestrians to avoid tripping hazards, parents to maneuver baby carriages, travelers pulling wheeled luggage, or to host special events within the public realm.

Join a discussion led by national retail consultant and Downtown specialist Mike Berne, President of New York City and San Francisco Bay Area-based MJB Consulting, about harnessing creative thinking, collaboration, and adaptability to encourage the timely emergence of new innovations and business models in response to changing realities and unforeseeable shocks.

In this, the first of a two-part series, we will examine the practical and legal policies, procedures, and practices that guide communities in establishing and administering public art programs.

This webinar will explain how county staff was able to document the history of the Peace Cross and prepare for legal proceedings at the Federal District, Appellate and US Supreme Court.​ ​Viewers will also learn important lessons if their municipalities experience similar challenges.

Explore how planners engaged their communities and what tools they used to increase response rates and participation in Census taking, particularly during a pandemic.