During the 2017 APAColorado conference in Telluride, Clarion Associates Director Don Elliott moderated a panel discussion on “What’s New in Form-based Zoning? Don’s co-panelists included Leslie Oberholtzer, AICP, LEED AP, Founding Principal of Codametrics, a national form-based code firm based in Chicago, and Sarah Showalter, AICP, Citywide Planning Supervisor for the City and County of

College towns are a staple of the American identity. It seems that every state has a college town it reveres. These communities have unique identities that reflect both the geographical setting of the community and the characteristics of its university. Community identity is often shown most clearly in its downtown, and growing student populations often

At the APAColorado state conference in Telluride, Clarion Director Don Elliott, FAICP, and attorney Mark Payne of the Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne law firm discussed “The HOA Time Bomb”. The time bomb arises from community desires to promote high quality development while requiring that residential neighborhoods be responsible for the maintenance of those facilities.

At the recent APAColorado state chapter conference in Telluride, Clarion Director Don Elliott, FAICP, recently convened a panel discussion on “What if Single-family Homes House Multiple Households”. Don’s co-panelists included Denver, Colorado, Zoning Administrator Tina Axelrad, AICP, and Lakewood Planning Director Travis Parker. Panelists agreed that the extreme pressures for affordable housing in high growth