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A Housing Statistics and Policy Update for Planning Professionals

Keith Cooke | February 17, 2022

Planning professionals are at the center of managing the housing crisis. GIS helps drive and present a data-driven strategy for their communities

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GIS Addresses Continued Housing Challenges

Keith Cooke | May 27, 2021

Planners need to embrace a data-driven approach with GIS to build sustainable communities.

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Planners Need to Quit Using Sticks & Start Using Carrots – First Step, Start with GIS

Adam Carnow | April 6, 2021

Adopting geospatial technology helps planning professionals to create innovative solutions and design a thriving community.

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Leveraging Site Suitability Analysis to Validate Policy

Keith Cooke | February 19, 2021

Learn how planners can take a data-driven approach to further quantify and qualify planning recommendations.

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Three Tools Every Planner Needs to Use During COVID-19

Keith Cooke | January 27, 2021

Location is going to be a key factor in COVID-19 planning. Here are three tools that can help justify your policy decisions.

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A Strong Foundation for GIS – What It Means for Planning Professionals

Keith Cooke | December 28, 2020

Explore this briefing about ArcGIS apps that planning departments need to help make better, more sustainable, and more justifiable decisions.

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Location and Policy Development for Housing

Keith Cooke | December 15, 2020

GIS has always been used in this arena to design land use and sites, but this evolving technology is now being used by to help validate policy.

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Planners and the Growing Trend of Counter-Urbanization

Keith Cooke | July 27, 2020

As planners are impacted by an increase in counter-urbanization GIS can help planners prepare in the short and long term.

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Community Planning and Policymaking for Homelessness

Keith Cooke | July 2, 2020

Planners are participating in policymaking beyond just typical changes in zoning and land use. One of which is managing homelessness.

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Economic Development Articles

What Community Development Professionals Can Expect at the Esri User Conference

A Housing Statistics and Policy Update for Planning Professionals

GIS Addresses Continued Housing Challenges

Planners Need to Quit Using Sticks & Start Using Carrots – First Step, Start with GIS

Leveraging Site Suitability Analysis to Validate Policy

Three Tools Every Planner Needs to Use During COVID-19

A Strong Foundation for GIS – What It Means for Planning Professionals

Location and Policy Development for Housing

Planners and the Growing Trend of Counter-Urbanization

Community Planning and Policymaking for Homelessness

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