Lean Comp Plan Tool

New planning policies are time-consuming and expensive to write, and they often sit on the shelf without implementation. Policies can be crafted in a more affordable manner that improves measurements, creates walkable, livable environments, prepares for climate...

Lean Code Tool

The purpose of the Lean Code Tool is to repair zoning codes by removing barriers to small-scale, incremental development. Rather than rewriting entire codes, it focuses on targeted, strategic improvements, instructing experts and non-experts to identify the most...

House Hacking Catalog

Introduction A primary goal of the Project for Lean Urbanism is to enable more people to participate in building their homes, businesses, and communities. We focus on the following approaches: Community-building that requires fewer resourcesEconomic development that...

Pink Zone Manual – Making Small Possible

Lean Urbanism unleashes the power of small-scale economic development by identifying barriers to small-scale development and entrepreneurship and by finding low-cost and straightforward solutions to lower those barriers. The solutions are implemented in Pink Zones to...