Nine years ago, state lawmakers set up a test. The question was whether giving slack for rules around a pillar of Oregon’s land use system — the urban growth boundary — could provide a new tool for ...

Costly planning errors and fragmented data systems, a long-standing challenge for the country, are now being addressed after decades of uncoordinated land use. contribute Gross National Happiness ...

A recent report from Anne Arundel County calls for changes to the county’s land use decision-making processes. It follows negative feedback from area businesses and developers about the permitting and ...