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Formed Based Codes & Finding the Right Streetscape Consultants

This month we take a look at a New Urbanist tool: form-based zoning. By using form-based codes, your district can focus on appropriate types of building forms and architecture in a new way that many conventional zoning codes miss.

Also, we add two more articles to our streetscaping series by Donna Dow and our Shop Talk series by Margie Johnson so you can help improve your streetscaping improvement process and your retailers!

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2008 National Main Streets Conference

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The conference was a huge success - our largest ever.

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