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GOPC, Lincoln Institute Publish "A Toolkit for Identifying Equitable Real Estate Development Strategies"

GOPC, Lincoln Institute Publish "A Toolkit for Identifying Equitable Real Estate Development Strategies"

The goal of this toolkit is to help local practitioners increase equitable outcomes of real estate development activity by identifying suitable programming that can be implemented in their communities. To do this, we assume that local assets are the basic building block of good equitable development programming.

St. Paul, MN is the latest city to eliminate parking minimums

 St. Paul, MN is the latest city to eliminate parking minimums

St. Paul, MN is the latest major city to eliminate citywide off-street parking minimums in an effort to simplify zoning and facilitate people-centered development. St. Paul city council decided to nix parking mandates last month, meaning that new development will be able to proceed without any requirements for a minimum number of off-street parking spots.

South Bend, Indiana Council Votes to Eliminate Parking Requirements Citywide

South Bend, Indiana Council Votes to Eliminate Parking Requirements Citywide

Previously, the City of South Bend (IN) had eliminated parking minimums in their downtown, but on January 13, city council voted to get rid of minimums citywide, making it the largest city in the Midwest to make this change.