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Here are the most recent important changes to our website, including new articles, visitor questions, and editors' answers. You'll also find links to significantly revised pages and time-sensitive or short items we want to bring to your attention. Sometimes we also add short items of interest, especially time-sensitive notes about conferences, webinars, or seasons.
A Neighborhood Tour Could Meet Multiple Objectives
Organizing a neighborhood tour is no small feat. Depending on your goal for the tour, we give you some pointers.
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The Many Advantages and Disadvantages of Impact Fees Challenge Cities
If you do not foresee both the advantages and disadvantages of impact fees, your city could create inequities and legal problems for itself.
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How to Conduct the First Meetings of a Neighborhood Association
When you start to plan the first meetings of a neighborhood association, you might be baffled. Here are some ideas on the initial, second, and third meetings.
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Deciding How to Organize Your Neighborhood Association
Figuring out how to organize your neighborhood association may take several meetings. This discussion will flow naturally into your legal structure and bylaws.
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Learn How Neighborhood Plans Lead to Clarity and Action
Neighborhood plans work wonders if you need to solidify residents or your city around specific goals. Find out what it takes to prepare one.
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How Power Mapping Can Help Your Neighborhood Achieve Goals
We explain power mapping for neighborhoods, including when, why, and how to use this tool to help your community reach policy objectives.
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Ideas for Jump Starting Commercial District Revitalization
Commercial district revitalization is challenging due to multiple property and business owners. Coordination and diversification are essential.
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21 Government Housing Assistance Programs for You or the Neighborhood
Learn how each major government housing assistance program can help you find solutions for your community.
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Stormwater Runoff Approaches Can Be Clean and Green
Stormwater runoff delivers most pollutants found in streams and rivers. Here we discuss BMPs that could improve water quality and lessen erosion and flooding.
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Do Colorado HOA covenants ever run out and are major revisions allowed
Publish Date: June 19, 2024 Visitor Question: We live in an HOA whose covenants date back to 1977. In the covenants it states that they run with the
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What does blue infrastructure mean?
Reviewed: May 31, 2024 Visitor Question: At our town's zoning commission meeting, I heard some visiting big shot talk about how we need to preserve and
What is a transect in planning?
Published: June 15, 2024 Visitor Question: There are some rumblings in my community about possibly moving from zoning, which is so complex for the average
Can an HOA add a land use restriction by amending by-laws
Visitor Question: We have a complicated HOA, which oversees 13 subdivisions with each subdivision have its own deed restrictions, located in Michigan.
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HOA inconsistent on setback
Visitor Question: As we are about to start building in a neighborhood with 60 year old restrictions, a new POA (property owners association) has been formed.
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