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Jun 25, 2025 · Join the movement to increase housing choice and abundance through planning-led zoning reform — planners' top policy priority in 2025. At Planners' Day on Capitol Hill, APA …

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Jan 29, 2025 · The 2025 Trend Report features a list of over 100 existing, emerging, and potential future trends that the APA Foresight team and our Trend Scouting Foresight Community …

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Under general supervision, assists developers and the public in applying planning and zoning regulations, and City guidelines, to complex development projects, technical issues, and land …