The relationship between locating low income housing and appreciation of neighboring single family homes may be more complex than suggested by current theory.

The Planning article, "Check Them Out: Best places for new planners to work," quotes two URP alums from the class of 2003.

In April the Jefferson County Trails Council started putting up signs around Fairfield, Iowa for a citywide Bikeway/Walkway system. The original plan dates to a 2006 study by five University of Iowa URP students as a Field Problems project.

APA news release:
For Immediate Release April 17, 2008
Contact:
Dean C. Palos, FAICP, 913-715-2220, dean.palos@jocogov.org
Ryan Scherzinger, 202-349-1008, rscherzinger@planning.org

The annual Main Street Iowa Awards ceremony was held in Des Moines on April 18th and Professor John Fuller received this year's award for the "Best Business/Financial Assistance Program or Event"...

One of our more prolific graduates, Jim Schwab, employed with the APA, has just published an article in the Spring 2008 issue of American Forests.

Last winter's snow and ice were mighty tough going for those of us who work at the University of Iowa. But this month's flooding threatens to have far more lasting effects, almost all of them bad.