Growth Has a Price: Who Pays When Development Sprawls?
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@jcshepard.comGrowth Has a Price: Who Pays When Development Sprawls?
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@dailybloops.bsky.social1953: Robert Moses routes I-95 straight through East Tremont, Bronx, bulldozing homes and displacing roughly 1,530 families in one stretch alone, per Robert Caro's The Power Broker. The neighborhood never recovered. That wasn't decline. That was a decision.
@jcshepard.comThe best time for that conversation is before it’s needed.
The next best time is tomorrow.
This week's long-read is "When the Zoning Code Works Against the Plan"
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#Zoning #LandUse #Planning #EconDev #ZoningReform
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@processorpress.bsky.socialYour AI is moving up. Literally. And it is annoyed about the gravity.
#Committee #Orbital #Zoning #Technology #Satire
https://processorpress.com/story/307/committee-on-orbital-zoning-denies-google-s-permit-to-run-the-clouds-in-low-eart
@universalhub.comConversion of old nursing school and dorm into 103 apartments on Mission Hill approved
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@opencommonground.bsky.socialPhiladelphia city councilors Gauthier and Lozada propose adding a new method to dispose of surplus properties through "property exchange," allowing the city to trade one property for another. Councilmember Gauthier · Introduced Apr 2026 #zoning #affordable_housing
@universalhub.comBoard approves addition of ten apartments to six-unit Second Empire-style building on Mount Everett Street in Dorchester
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@universalhub.comBoard approves 25-condo building atop ledge on Granite Avenue in Dorchester
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@lyle.cville.online.ap.brid.gyHappy to see Columbus OH finally updating their 70 year old zoning to meet the needs of the last decades. Giant lift. #zoning #ColumbusOH #housing https://www.columbus.gov/News-articles/Columbus-Continues-Historic-Zoning-Code-Modernization-with-New-Proposal-for-Nearly-Half-the-City
@jcshepard.comRead the full article: Ag First: How Rural Land Use Policy Protects Working Ground
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@tantvstudios.bsky.socialChesapeake Beach Town Council heard testimony on ordinance O-26-15, a proposed amendment to zoning regulations for accessory dwelling units. The council also reviewed ordinances on urban forest management and home occupations. #ChesapeakeBeach #ADU #Zoning #LocalNews
@opencommonground.bsky.socialPhiladelphia's zoning maps are being revised in a swath of neighborhood near Lippincott Street and 20th Streets, with proposed changes to land designations within the area bounded by Toronto Street and 22nd Street. Councilmember Bass · Introduced Apr 2026 #zoning #neighborhood development
@up-8.bsky.socialMy old friend Peter Hoyt at the Ellis Hollow Fair last Saturday
#photo #photography #portrait #ellishollos #caroline #zoning #nozoning
