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Advocating for CRPL
Read more: Advocating for CRPLOn August 4, 2025 the Chancellor of the University of Nebraska announced significant budget challenges that require $27.5 million in cuts to remedy. The reasoning behind the deficit given despite several years of prior cuts…
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Advocating Housing Policy: 2025 APA Congressional Fly In Recap
Read more: Advocating Housing Policy: 2025 APA Congressional Fly In RecapFor two years now I’ve joined the American Planning Association in Washington D.C. to advocate for impactful housing policy at the federal level. Last year I felt out of my depth having never participated in…
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Gentrifier
Read more: GentrifierBook Review Gentrification is a term we’ve all heard, but few truly understand its complex mechanics. Anne Elizabeth Moore’s memoir “Gentrifier” offers a uniquely personal window into this process, chronicling her experience after winning a…
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The Cities We Need
Read more: The Cities We NeedBook Review The concept of “place work” might not be familiar to most urban planners, but it’s a critical element of city life that deserves our attention. In a fascinating conversation on the Booked On…
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Miami in the Anthropocene
Read more: Miami in the AnthropoceneBook Review The concept of the Anthropocene—the epoch where human activity fundamentally altered Earth’s systems—has dramatically reshaped how we think about urban planning and design, particularly in cities facing existential climate threats like Miami. In…
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Resilience Matters
Read more: Resilience MattersPodcast Recap For the past ten years, Island Press has been publishing a compilation of articles surrounding resilience. As a partner of the Booked on Planning Podcast, we have covered this publication for the past…
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Homelessness is a Housing Problem
Read more: Homelessness is a Housing ProblemBook Review I have been in my new role as Community Development Manager for almost a year now and one of the steepest learning curves for me was understanding our continuum of care and homeless…
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Meet Me by the Fountain
Read more: Meet Me by the FountainBook Review Despite growing up with the mall a very key part of my childhood memories, the adult version of me avoids going to one at all costs. I can count on one hand the…
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Boost the Historic Tax Credit
Read more: Boost the Historic Tax CreditDespite all the evidence that historic tax credits, at either the state or federal level, easily pay for themselves and then some, they always seem to be under constant threat. With the current climate of…
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Meet Me at the Library
Read more: Meet Me at the LibraryBook Review Libraries have always been places of knowledge and quiet contemplation, but in our increasingly polarized and isolated society, they’re evolving into something even more crucial—centers for social connection and democratic engagement. In Shamichael…
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