National Zoning Atlas

Join us for our next webinar this Thursday at 12pm! Come to learn how to get the most of the NZA interactive map, stay to see a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive and comparative analysis of residential zoning in and around Westchester County, NY. ?? Register: https://lnkd.in/epnTeTAR

?? New Zoning Atlas report drop! ?? "Launching the Michigan Zoning Atlas: Report of the West Michigan Pilot," via Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, University of Michigan, U-M Graham Sustainability Institute, Housing Next, & Michigan Association of Planning "A key value of the Zoning Atlas is in showing the consequences of the path of least resistance. The Zoning Atlas demonstrates the near-universal extent to which current zoning laws compel the most expensive type of housing, the least efficient use of infrastructure, and the steady consumption of pristine land even in the absence of population or economic growth. These troubling findings serve as the impetus to consider alternative land-use scenarios...which may allow communities to better achieve their housing and other goals." https://lnkd.in/eUS9xwYT

Congratulations Yoshi Bird and Kendall Fortney on a fantastic presentation on the Vermont Zoning Atlas project at Vermont’s statewide housing conference today. We are proud to build open source data science research + data viz tools (TY Ben Cooley!) to help solve to our state’s housing crisis.

Don't miss two brilliant NZA analysts, Tara Safavian and Anthony La, at next week's UC GIS Week! Tara and Anthony alongside Catherine B. and Clancy McConnell, Ph.D. will lead a workshop discussing the methods used to build the California Zoning Atlas — one of the largest and most ambitious components of the National Zoning Atlas — completed in partnership with the UC Davis Center for Regional Change and Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley. The team will preform a demonstration on how to use the interactive map and compare jurisdictions within California and between states, and will conclude with an open discussion of policy implications, advocacy outcomes, ongoing challenges, and possible research questions. For more information and free registration, visit: https://lnkd.in/gP97UkTZ

This is BIG! All 43 towns, villages, and cities of Westchester County, NY are now available to view on the National Zoning Atlas! Join us for a lunchtime webinar on 11/21 to get the scoop on how residential zoning maps across the county and how it compares to the region beyond. Register: https://lnkd.in/epnTeTAR #WestchesterCounty #ZoningData #webinar

Organizations like the Connecticut Apartments Association are turning to the National Zoning Atlas to build the case for revamping #zoning codes to enable more types of housing construction in the places that need it most. From CTNewsJunkie: https://lnkd.in/emG5rbZz

What's the spookiest detail of your go-to horror flick? Is it the hook-handed slasher? The vengeful spirit? The suspiciously locked cellar door? What about...the #zoning? ?? A #Halloween ?? post on modern zoning in classic horror films ?? ?? ??? In Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1975), the crew meets their fateful demise after stumbling into Leatherface's home. His farmhouse, originally located in Round Rock, TX, sadly could not be built today as the district has since been rezoned to accommodate a Planned Unit Development. ?? The Central Park West apartments that played host to the witchy horrors in Rosemary's Baby (1968) are located in the UWS's real-life The Dakota. Though built before NYC adopted its comprehensive zoning code, the site's high-density R10A district aligns w/ the original buildings. ?? In The Exorcist (1973), few can forget the stairway where Father Karras plunges to his death, excising the demon once and for all. Visitors can traverse these steps in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. while enjoying the historic charms of the MU-4, Mixed Use district. ?? What's better than a haunted house? A haunted town! Or so would argue the Headless Horseman terrorizing the townspeople of Sleepy Hollow in the eponymous 1999 film. While the movie was not filmed on site, the real NY town honors its lore w/ a centrally located cemetery district. Looking for more lurid land use? Head on over to zoningatlas.org/atlas to explore our zoning data...if you dare. ??

Thrilled to announce the NZA team is growing once again! ?? Our FIVE new zoning and geospatial analysts are already at work contributing zoning data for jurisdictions in CA, CO, MA, NY, and UT. Keep a look out on https://lnkd.in/ezk_wqrE as new places come online! Let's meet the new staff! ?? Miri Kim is a recent graduate of University of California, Davis who comes to us with plenty of zoning analysis experience, having previously worked on the California Zoning Atlas with the UC Davis Center for Regional Change. Jake Gilbert is a recent graduate of Middlebury College and another Zoning Atlas alum, having worked with both the Vermont Zoning Atlas and NZA national as an intern. (Welcome to full time, Jake!) Manal Bawazir joins us after working as a data research assistant at NYU Furman Center. She holds a Master's in City Planning from the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Gemma Tierney, AICP is an experienced transportation planner. She holds a Master's in Urban Affairs & Public Policy & a graduate certificate in Historic Preservation from University of Delaware. And last but not least, Charlie B. joins us after having worked in government relations and housing and transportation policy. He received a Master's in Public Affairs from The LBJ School of Public Affairs. Warmest welcomes to you all!

Love to see Zoning Atlases in action! And love see to members of the NZA research collaborative celebrate their work! ?? Check out Rick Lederer-Barnes and team's New Hampshire Zoning Atlas, story map, and research at https://lnkd.in/e-KRSvVQ.

This election cycle, local #zoning laws are in the spotlight as debates on housing policy dominate the national stage. The National Zoning Atlas demystifies the rules that lawmakers must understand in order to reimagine how we build at the local, state, and national levels. We encourage everyone to open the Atlas,?zoom into a small town, and then zoom out for more context to see how one place's zoning helps determine the conditions of whole housing ecosystem. ??? at zoningatlas.org/atlas CoStar News #housingpolicy #interactivemap #zoningdata https://lnkd.in/euEckruk