Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Urban Investigations

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York

Housing Court Help

Public Access Design

Housing Court Help

Break it Down!

Making Policy Public

Break it Down!
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What Is Zoning? launch and community workshops

_What Is Zoning?_ launch and community workshops

On November 20th, 2013, CUP launched What Is Zoning? the second in our series of Envisioning Development Toolkits, with a party and four days of hands-on community workshops.

Zoning law regulates land use across the city and shapes buildings, blocks, and whole neighborhoods. It can be a tool for preservation or for rapid physical and economic development. But how does it work?

This workshop explains density, bulk, land use, and how proposed rezonings could affect your neighborhood. It helps commmunities learn the basics, like how FAR works, and build up to topics like inclusionary and contextual zoning, with brightly colored plastic blocks and interactive activities.

Want to learn more about the toolkit? Get training to run workshops? Buy or borrow a toolkit to run your own workshops?
Contact mark(at)welcometocup.org to find out more.

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Shifty Business

Public Access Design

Shifty Business

Is Justice For All?

City Studies

Is Justice For All?

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

Show Me the Money!

City Studies

Show Me the Money!

What is asylum?

Making Policy Public

What is asylum?

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Public Access Design

Language Rights are Civil Rights!