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Yes, You Can! Revitalizing Downtowns Through Brownfields Cleanup and Reuse

December 10, 2025  by  Leonard Bauer
Category:  Development Types ,  Downtown Revitalization Series

Brownfields are properties that may have environmental contamination, which can hamper private development, depress property values, or present health hazards. Redevelopment of such properties has also spurred economic development efforts in Spokane, Port Orchard, and elsewhere.

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Is Your Community Age Friendly?

January 31, 2024  by  Lisa Pool
Category:  Development Types ,  Housing ,  Inclusive Communities ,  Transportation and Land Use

What can planners do to make their communities more welcoming for residents as they age? Research shows that investments in transportation infrastructure, compact, mixed-use land use patterns that support walkability, and diverse housing options can help people age in place.

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Encouraging Neighborhood-Friendly, Residential Infill Development

May 31, 2018  by  Steve Butler
Category:  Development Types

Residential infill development—such as ADUs, cottage housing, and more—can be used as an approach for communities experiencing a moderate/high rate of residential development or looking to create a diversity of housing options for all income levels.

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Tactical Urbanism: Applying a Big City Placemaking Technique to Smaller Communities

February 4, 2016  by  Josh Mahar
Category:  Development Types

Tactical urbanism offers cities and towns of all sizes a way of testing out and engaging their communities in new placemaking techniques, without requiring major capital investments.

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