Norfolk, Virginia, harbors some of the nation’s most important shipbuilding and naval assets, but it also has the highest rate of measured sea level rise of any east coast city. The coastline is the heart of the city, an economic driver, and a key amenity to the community. Unfortunately, the city also has a history

Many colleges and universities across the U.S. are continuing to increase enrollment, but not their stock of student housing. Students have to find housing in the private market, and the market responds – but sometimes those responses put pressures on surrounding neighborhoods and downtown areas. Over the past several years, Clarion Associates has worked with

Recently, Clarion Director Don Elliott, FAICP, led a panel discussion at the APA National Conference in New Orleans titled “Autonomous Vehicles Are Coming.” Don’s co-panelists included Associate Professor (and co-founder of the Center for Sustainable Cities) at the University of Oregon and Kelley Coyner, an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University and founder of

Between 2008 and 2012, Clarion Associates led a team of eight other consultants to help Philadelphia rewrite its citywide zoning code. The Clarion team advised and facilitated a 31-member Zoning Code Commission through a complete rewrite of the 1958-era ordinance, and the resulting code was adopted unanimously by the City Council.  Last summer, the city