On Common Ground

Community planners have compiled an impressive playbook with strategies for nearly every situation where the community voice should be heard. This edition of On Common Ground explores the wide range of techniques being employed to gather those voices and use the sentiment of those conveyed to build and update our ever-evolving built environment in a way that considers the experts—the people who live there.

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Fall 2023: Zoning Innovation

This edition of On Common Ground explores possible remedies to the housing shortage puzzle through a variety of zoning lenses.

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Spring 2023: Rethink, Revitalize & Rebuild

This edition of On Common Ground explores downtown turnarounds, corridor redevelopments, and the repurposing of community assets.

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Fall 2022: Data-Driven Community Planning

This edition of On Common Ground explores the collection and use of big data in many aspects of community planning and management.

Spring 2022: Sustainability & Climate Risk

This edition of On Common Ground, features signs of hope, signs that are figuring out how to live in, and respond to climate change.

Fall 2021: Addressing the Housing Shortage

This edition of On Common Ground explores housing production from all angles and discusses a range of approaches we can take.

Spring 2021: The 15-Minute City

This edition of On Common Ground explores the various components of the 15-minute city that will be necessary to produce the housing that is needed.

Fall 2020: Recovering, Rebuilding, Rebalancing

View how decision makers, developers and homeowners are taking action now to preserve the viability of their property and structures into the future.

Spring 2020: Reinventing How Communities Work

REALTORS® stand ready to play a pivotal role in helping communities rebuild and recover after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Winter 2020: Community Design for Resiliency

Smart growth is an inherently resilient style of development.

About On Common Ground

A free, semi-annual magazine published by NAR, On Common Ground presents a wide range of views on smart growth issues, with the goal of encouraging dialog among REALTORS®, elected officials, and other interested citizens.

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