Contents – May 2024

THE NEIGHBORHOOD EDITION

Character towns, small and large, build social cohesion, community connections, civic pride and institutional trust with strong neighborhoods, successful development corridors, superior schools and inviting downtowns where residents, businesses and civic assets are functional, accessible and beautiful.

Strong neighborhoods are the community’s primary responsibility.

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS…

• “Great Neighborhoods, A Commitment to Primacy”…wck.
• “Ideal Neighborhood Character Blends Order, Uniqueness”…from Useful Community Development.
• “Defining Affordable Housing”…from Edge, PD&R, an online magazine from DHUD.
• “The Affordable Housing Dilemma, A Compendium of Articles on Affordable Housing”…wck.
• “The Affordable Housing Action Plan”…wck.
• “The ‘Complete’ Neighborhood”…wck.

FROM THE PLANNERS’ BOOKSHELF…

• Backdoor Revolution: The Definitive Guide to ADU Development, Kol Peterson, Accessory Dwelling Strategies, LLC, 2018.
• Increments of Neighborhood: A Compendium of Built Types for Walkable and Vibrant Communities, Brian O’Looney, ORO Editions, 2020. Kol Peterson, Accessory Dwelling Strategies, LLC, 2018.
• Missing Middle Housing: Thinking Big and Building Small to Respond to Today’s Housing Crisis, Daniel G. Parolek, Island Press, 2020.
• Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World, Ross Chapin with forward by Sarah Susanka, Taunton Press; First Edition, 2011.
• Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs 1st Edition, Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson, John Wiley & Sons, NJ, 2011.
• The Affordable City, Strategies for Putting Housing Within Reach (and Keeping it There), Shane Phillips, Island Press, 280 pages, 2020.