Land Lines Abril 2017
Landing Capital
Denver, San Francisco, and Los Angeles have been conspiring to ease their local affordable housing shortages. By joining forces through "capital absorption workshops," stakeholders from housing, transit, planning, and economic development organizations are forging strategies to attract land, capital, and other resources—and achieving meaningful outcomes at scale.
No Little Plans
The linchpin of long-range planning for more than a century, comprehensive plans today are transcending traditional land use topics and addressing equity, sustainability, and other ephemeral factors that affect quality of life. Land Lines talked with city planners in Seattle, Boston, and Denver to discuss what is new and distinctive about their latest general plans, and how they are being used.
This issue looks at value capture; business tax incentives; what app data can do for city planners; the latest comprehensive plans in Denver, Seattle, and Boston, where climate resilience and equity top the urban agenda; and the Capital Absorption Framework for community investment, helping cities attract and deploy the land, money, and other resources they need to improve quality of life.