This session will engage all attendees in a presentation and discussion over local land use planning for transit issues and initiatives that encourage using transit. Planning tools will include using   …

Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S., is experiencing significant demographic change – whether in the greying of the population led by Baby Boomers, the steady and significant rise in its Hispanic population or the decrease in family household formation.  These trends and others have and will continue to influence market demand for housing, retail and commercial space – and not just the amount, but the types (e.g., smaller, more densely cited housing development; fewer shopping centers featuring more entertainment/dining and less retail; more medical office space; more multi-generational housing; etc.).             

Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S., is experiencing significant demographic change – whether in the greying of the population led by Baby Boomers, the steady and significant rise in its Hispanic population or the decrease in family household formation.  These trends and others have and will continue to influence market demand for housing, retail and commercial space – and not just the amount, but the types (e.g., smaller, more densely cited housing development; fewer shopping centers featuring more entertainment/dining and less retail; more medical office space; more multi-generational housing; etc.).

Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S., is experiencing significant demographic change – whether in the greying of the population led by Baby Boomers, the steady and significant rise in its Hispanic population or the decrease in family household formation.  These trends and others have and will continue to influence market demand for housing, retail and commercial space – and not just the amount, but the types (e.g., smaller, more densely cited housing development; fewer shopping centers featuring more entertainment/dining and less retail; more medical office space; more multi-generational housing; etc.).

Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S., is experiencing significant demographic change – whether in the greying of the population led by Baby Boomers, the steady and significant rise in its Hispanic population or the decrease in family household formation.  These trends and others have and will continue to influence market demand for housing, retail and commercial space – and not just the amount, but the types (e.g., smaller, more densely cited housing development; fewer shopping centers featuring more entertainment/dining and less retail; more medical office space; more multi-generational housing; etc.).

This presentation will be specific on recent developments in Pennsylvania land use law.  It will address the impacts of Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Robinson Township v. Commonwealth decision local governments' authority   …