Data Centers are an emerging land use across the country. As more data center proposals arise, White Smith Cousino is responding to client requests to create regulations that address appropriate locations and standards for this new use type. Our data center clients vary in geographic location – midwest, south, and east coast – as well […]
WSC staff assisted City of Oklahoma City staff and ULI representatives to host two code development workshops in the new Innovation District. The workshops focused on improving the draft zoning code by testing the regulations on sample sites. Eight different theoretical locations were assigned to teams of design and development professionals who donated their time […]
Senior Planner Justin Wallace was recently featured in a Substack post by Dartmouth Master of Public Health candidate Jayden Tabor – “Planning Begins With Listening.” Justin explains how the fields of urban planning and public health are historically connected, his approach to community outreach, and his work on the Chatham County, North Carolina’s Health and […]
Sean Scoopmire recently presented a webinar, Signs of the Times: Mastering Content-Neutral Ordinances, with James Carpentier, AICP, the Director of the International Sign Association, and Dawn Jourdan, J.D., Ph.D., the Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation at the University of Maryland. They discussed several important topics for sign regulations, including constitutional free […]
WSC team members Mark White and Caitlin Cameron traveled to the City of Moore, Oklahoma for the project kick-off in October. WSC, with Halff as a subconsultant assisting with the project, will spend two years updating the City’s Land Development Code to align with Envision Moore 2040 – the recent comprehensive plan. During the Kick-Off […]
The 2025-26 South Carolina Legislative Session included both senate and house bills that would expressly authorize concurrency, or “adequate public facility,” planning in the state. No vote was taken on either House Bill 4050 and Senate Bill 227 in 2025, but both bills will carry over to the final session in 2026. Not only would […]
Chatham County received the 2024 APA-NC Marvin Collins Award for Advancing Equity. WSC prepared a ‘Health & Equity Assessment’ as part of Chatham County’s Recode Chatham, a comprehensive rewrite of the County’s zoning, subdivision, and other development-related codes. White Smith Cousino team members worked closely with Chatham County’s Planning and Public Health Departments to evaluate core areas where […]
White Smith Cousino is pleased to congratulate Sean Scoopmire, AICP, Esq., Planning and Law Associate, for earning his American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification. The AICP is the only nationwide, independent verification of planners’ qualifications, and is the much-deserved culmination of Sean’s experience, deep knowledge of planning, and commitment to pursuing this rigorous credential. […]
The APA released its November, 2022 Zoning Practice issue featuring an article authored by Kelly Cousino. “Coliving: An Old Idea Is New Again” explores unique insights on coliving. The article describes coliving and its benefits, distinguishes coliving from other similar land uses, and identifies barriers to the production of purpose-built coliving communities. The report then provides recommendations […]
In November, 2022, the Sign Research Foundation released Content-Neutral Sign Codes After Reed and Austin, a publication authored by White Smith Cousino Partner, Mark White. The report summarizes the state of the law following two recent U.S. Supreme Court cases, Reed v. Town of Gilbert and City of Austin vs. Reagan National Advertising, sorts through practical issues in complying with content-neutrality […]
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