Author: The Planning Lady
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Advocating for CRPL
On 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 was “a combination of downward trends in state appropriations, net tuition and campus allocations combined with historically high inflation of…
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Advocating Housing Policy: 2025 APA Congressional Fly In Recap
For 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 our political system before. I wasn’t sure what to expect and instead was told to expect the unexpected–the meeting could…
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Gentrifier
Book 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 “free house” in Detroit through a writer’s residency program. What initially seemed like a dream opportunity quickly unraveled into a…
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The Cities We Need
Book 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 Planning podcast, author Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani discusses her book “The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places,” offering insights into…
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Miami in the Anthropocene
Book 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 Stephanie Wakefield’s book “Miami and the Anthropocene: Rising Seas and Urban Resilience,” she explores how different “imaginaries” of Miami’s future…
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Resilience Matters
Podcast 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 three years of the show, this year with the opportunity to interview the editor, Laurie Mazur. While typically centered around…
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Homelessness is a Housing Problem
Book 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 outreach services. There is a whole network of agencies and departments working to support families and individuals at risk of…
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Meet Me by the Fountain
Book 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 number of times I have been to one in the last ten years. As an urban planner I enjoy being…
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Boost the Historic Tax Credit
Despite 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 cut funding as fast as possible, it’s no surprise that the economic driver for local communities that is the federal…
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Meet Me at the Library
Book 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 Hallman’s insightful book and our latest Booked on Planning podcast episode, “Meet Me at the Library: A Place to Foster…
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