Welcome to Citiwire.net! Rick Cole, Ventura’s city manager, proves again his ability to pin an issue with this week’s article by a Citistates Group. His topic: the evils of zoning as we know it–and the promising new opening of form-based codes. My column focuses again on the issue of the moment: Will the Obama stimulus package not only get shovels flying, but start us toward much smarter, sustainable local development?
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