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Planning and Zoning for Transit Hubs

July 26, 2019
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Recently, Clarion Director Don Elliott, FAICP, joined a panel discussion at the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute about Transit Hubs and the Future of Mobility Choice.  Co-panelists included Ann Bowers (Principal at Fehr & Peers), Don Hunt (Managing Director of Denver Mobility Choice Options) and Art Pierce (Group Manager for the Portland Bureau of Transportation). 

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Affordable Housing Starts with Today’s Housing Stock

July 5, 2019

Over the past year, Clarion Directors have participated in several conference sessions about the housing affordability crisis that affects almost all of our clients. Clarion’s panel discussion at the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute focused on Disruptive Responses to Housing Affordability, a training session at the Denver Regional Council of Governments addressed residential occupancy limits

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Zoning and the Urban Freight System

December 12, 2018
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The movement of freight in America depends on a complex system that reaches from seaports to front porches. We bump up against parts of that system daily, from the delivery truck or warehouse we pass on the way to work to the package we sign for to the trip to the grocery store in the

Innovating For Transit-Oriented Development

November 30, 2018
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One key way to reduce auto dependence and vehicle emissions is to increase transit ridership – and one key to doing that is Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). Across the nation, many communities are revising their zoning and development codes to include a mix of form, intensity, and building use controls to encourage TODs at a variety