If your liability insurance policy has come up for renewal recently, you've probably learned a hard lesson: Insurance companies don't like you anymore.
Smart Code, due out this spring from Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. and Municipal Code Corp., will provide a basis from which smarter zoning codes can be adopted by local officials.
A California lawyer has received a patent for his solution to the problem of tight, confined suburban neighborhoods: acre-sized circles that maximize the side and front-facing distances between homes.
In one instance, a state created a program that helps municipal officials understand the effects of future growth by providing forecasting tools and technical assistance.
Aiming to assist municipal clients that desire New Urbanist developments, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. launched a real estate development company in November.