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APA's Small Town and Rural (STAR) Planning Division is a forum for the exchange of ideas and information of interest to professional and citizen planners in small towns and rural areas.

30/05/2026
Join us online this morning. Opening & Keynote replay at 9am CDT.
27/05/2026

Join us online this morning. Opening & Keynote replay at 9am CDT.

The Conversation Continues! Registration for Online is now open.

Missed Detroit or want more from the conference?

Join us May 27–29 for exclusive online sessions and access to keynote recordings from NPC26.

https://plnn.org/3NGdGlh

A handy resource for your Planning & Zoning research.
27/05/2026

A handy resource for your Planning & Zoning research.

NACo’s battery energy storage system primer is now available!

As counties explore energy storage projects, understanding siting considerations and their local impacts is key to long-term success.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4uxP9zh

27/05/2026
24/05/2026

Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Planners and local officials can remove unintentional zoning barriers to vertical farming by establishing clear use permissions for intensive indoor agricultural operations and tailoring zoning standards for vertical farming to its specific operational characteristics.

Dies your jurisdiction provide for dual-use agrivoltaics? Dues your zoning even allow commercial-scale solar at all? L...
24/05/2026

Dies your jurisdiction provide for dual-use agrivoltaics? Dues your zoning even allow commercial-scale solar at all?

Let us know in the comments.

Community-scale solar farms are booming in Illinois thanks to state incentives.

"When [rural sociologist Shoshanah] Inwood drives through rural America, she sees something most people miss. Where othe...
19/05/2026

"When [rural sociologist Shoshanah] Inwood drives through rural America, she sees something most people miss. Where others might see emptying towns or aging populations, the Ohio State University rural sociologist sees a fundamental transformation rewriting the very definition of what it means to be rural in America.

"Rural sociologists love to say, 'If you've been to one rural community, you've been to one rural community,'" Inwood said.

It's a simple statement capturing a complex truth: The traditional narrative of a uniformly shrinking rural America no longer holds. Instead, there are multiple rural Americas, each following vastly different trajectories, each facing unique challenges and opportunities."

COVID-19, remote work and demographic shifts ended decades of population decline in rural America.

Congratulations to all the STaR Award winners for 2026. We’ll be highlighting the plans & projects in upcoming editions ...
16/05/2026

Congratulations to all the STaR Award winners for 2026. We’ll be highlighting the plans & projects in upcoming editions of Small Town & Rural Planning News.

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