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

by Lisa Steiner, AICP In the last five years or so, many cities and counties all over the country have been updating their zoning codes to allow for more “maker” uses, including artisanal food production. If they haven’t updated their zoning code, they’ve probably needed several zoning interpretations as businesses have tried to open in their community.