The Rosetta Stone of Zoning – with Sara Bronin
If just about anyone tells you that they totally understand zoning codes they are probably lying to you. Well, unless they are today's guest. Sara Bronin is a Mexican-American architect, attorney, and policymaker specializing in property, land use, historic preservation, and climate change. She's a professor of planning and law at Cornell University, and she was recently nominated by President Biden to Chair the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, pending Senate confirmation. She founded and directs the National Zoning Atlas, a tool that aims to depict key aspects of zoning codes nationwide in an online, user-friendly map. If there is one thing we love discussing here at Verdunity it's zoning and how it can be improved. You won't want to miss this episode.
Links to items discussed or covered in this episode:
https://parkingreform.org/resources/mandates-map/
Bloomberg, 2/2/22 Why the U.S. Needs a National Zoning Atlas
Strong Towns, 3/30/22 Is It Time for a National Zoning Atlas?
The Day, 1/31/21, Study: Connecticut zoning regulations restrict expansion of affordable housing
Sara Bronin - audio/print/video works
Desegregate Connecticut website
Energy Policy Now podcast: Zoning Rules Stifle Urban Clean Energy. Can The Rules Be Rewritten?
PBS Newshour, Roads to Recovery
Next City, 6/10/22, New Digital Atlas Hopes to Demystify Urban Zoning
Governing, 6/19/22, Project Highlights Relationship Between Zoning and Affordable Housing
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