Boise’s Zoning Reform Is Actually Working – ADU Permits Are Surging Turns out rules about who can live in them and where they can park were key barriers to enabling backyard cottages in other cities. 04/24/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Burn permits required May 1 Cal Fire, Shasta-Trinity Unit, will be requiring burn permits for residential dooryard burning beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 1. Cal Fire encourages safe dooryard burning by residents to reduce ... 04/24/2024 - 2:15 am | View Link
Which Office Buildings Are Strong Candidates for Adaptive Reuse? With office occupancy still well below pre-pandemic levels due to the prevalence of the hybrid work model and companies downsizing their space needs, property owners are resorting to creative ... 04/23/2024 - 2:06 am | View Link
Corning City Council to discuss salary increase for building official This increase would be effective and applied to the employees’ pay in the pay period approval is received. In the current fiscal year, it amounts to a $2.11 per hour increase. It is estimated that ... 04/22/2024 - 9:30 pm | View Link
Marin County receives application for ‘all-affordable’ housing project in Marinwood Marin County may be closer to building an all-affordable, multi-family housing complex on the site of Marinwood Plaza off of U.S. Highway 101, the county ... 04/22/2024 - 7:01 am | View Link
Interest in Apple’s spatial computer has apparently fallen off a cliff too. Here’s why, and why Apple’s loss isn’t Meta’s gain
Earlier this month I started looking into whether anyone was buying the Apple Vision Pro after I noticed that social media discourse about Apple’s spatial computer seemed to have all but disappeared within weeks of its launch.
The three most common forms of toxic leadership create self-defeating cultures that stifle innovation, undermine trust, and destroy engagement.
Leadership is key to any successful organization. Leadership is not only responsible for the most critical organizational decisions, but also shaping the culture of the organization. As Peter Drucker famously noted, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Drucker’s observation is difficult to dispute.
The 100% affordable apartment building is the first in the city to be permitted under a state law designed to streamline new construction.
Until recently, a strip of land near a transit station in San Francisco was an underused parking lot. Now it’s home to more than 100 affordable apartments.
Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back.
This story was originally published by Grist and Public Health Watch.
Seymourpowell’s Caroline Jacob on the power of biotech and how it can transform materials.
Biofabrication has been selling the promise of a harmless, resilient, and versatile alternative to traditional materials for nearly a decade, and yet the industry has never truly scaled. Efforts are often stymied by complex, labor-intensive, and expensive processes.
Enlarge / The flight hardware core stage for Europe’s new rocket, Ariane 6, is moved onto the launch pad for the first time this week. A launch is possible some time this summer. (credit: ESA-M. Pédoussaut)
Welcome to Edition 6.41 of the Rocket Report! As I finish up this edition I'm listening to the post-Flight Readiness Review news conference for Boeing's Crew Flight Test.