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FBCI Welcomes New Board and Resource Council Members

FBCI Welcomes New Board and Resource Council Members

FBCI announces the election of three new Board members and six new Resource Council members at its Annual Meeting in [...]

Misconceptions About Form-Based Codes

Misconceptions About Form-Based Codes

If zoning reform is increasingly gaining acceptance, why are there still so many misconceptions? [...]

FBCI Instructor Goes to School for Form-Based Codes

FBCI Instructor Goes to School for Form-Based Codes

Tony Perez, Opticos Design’s Director of Form-Based Coding, is teaching a graduate-level studio Cal Poly Pomona [...]

Joel Russell quoted in Hartford Business

Joel Russell quoted in Hartford Business

Hartford Business.com quotes Joel Russell and Alan Mammoser. [...]

Bridgeport, CT Becomes First FBCI City Sponsor

Bridgeport, CT Becomes First FBCI City Sponsor

City Sponsorship gives city planning staff free access to FBCI webinars as well as expert guidance and education on how [...]

Finding The Right Path Through Design Review

Finding The Right Path Through Design Review

Municipalities—searching for ways to better shape development — must tailor their approach to the community’s size and professional resources. [...]

2014 Driehaus Award

2014  Driehaus Award

After careful evaluation of the entries, the jury determined that none of them fully satisfied all four criteria. [...]

Now We’re Talking

Now We’re Talking

We all value living in thriving healthy communities. [...]

Ped-Bike Advocates and Urbanists: Get Together

Ped-Bike Advocates and Urbanists: Get Together

It's about placement of buildings and parking lots and street trees. [...]

Cincinnati Form Based Code takes CNU’s Grand Prize

Cincinnati Form Based Code takes CNU’s Grand Prize

FBCI congratulates the City of Cincinnati for its CNU Charter Award. [...]

Dialing-In Your Zoning To Fit Your Community

Dialing-In Your Zoning To Fit Your Community

Unlike conventional zoning, FBCs may be finely tuned for each community, according to its unique physical structure. [...]

Visualizing Better Rules

Visualizing Better Rules

Form-based codes can transform the development of public spaces. Watch this video to see transformations taking place one step at [...]

Reflections from FBCI Director Carol Wyant

Reflections from FBCI Director Carol Wyant

It’s been a wonderful 10 years at the head of this organization [...]

Strategies For Project Review Under A Form-Based Code

Strategies For Project Review Under A Form-Based Code

Form-based codes (FBCs) allow communities to implement a plan [...]

A Step-by-Step Guide to Form-Based Codes

A Step-by-Step Guide to Form-Based Codes

FBCI was very pleased to discover Form-Based Codes: A Step-by-Step Guide for Communities, recently published by the Chicago regional planning agency, CMAP. In fact, we [...]

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