We often say that zoning is the single biggest non-natural factor in assessing development and land value. Natural factors, like...

Two of our goals for this New Year included creating more in-depth pieces about zoning and being more transparent about UrbanForm's...

An advisor once asked me, if zoning was abolished, would UrbanForm cease to exist? The answer was: Yes. Absolutely yes it would. Much...

Every once in a while, when we chat with an expert in zoning, we love asking the question: what do you think is the most common error...

From the start, we knew one of the biggest hurdles for UrbanForm would be building trust. How could software make the process of...

We'd like to share with you the process used for determining one specific setback in the zoning rules for the City of Portland. This...

Sometimes you finish writing something and you say to yourself, "Wow, I'm really glad this exists." Sadly, this is not one of those...

Happy New Year to everyone! We hope everyone has had a peaceful, restful, and reinvigorating holiday season. We're very excited for the...

UrbanForm was recently featured in Portland Business Journal's year end roundup of notable startups! Portland Inno - 13 Portland startups...

What is the best way to change the zoning to improve buildings and cities? Per OpenAI's ChatGPT: "It is difficult to say what the best...

What is zoning, exactly? Why did it become what it is? Why is it important? Why is it so complex? How do we deal with it today? And how...

What is zoning, exactly? Why did it become what it is? Why is it important? Why is it so complex? How do we deal with it today? And how...

UrbanForm’s Brief Introduction to Zoning What is zoning, exactly? Why did it become what it is? Why is it important? Why is it so...

For those of you who don't know much about zoning, it's basically the building and construction equivalent of this parking sign. The...

Some of you have asked for an UrbanForm API to directly access the advanced zoning data that UrbanForm has analyzed and gathered in our...

UrbanForm was recently featured in the Portland Business Journal, detailing our recent launch of San Diego, acceptance into Esri's...

UrbanForm is proud to announce the launch and immediate availability of UrbanForm San Diego, the third city for which UrbanForm operates,...

As we wrote about here, this past summer, UrbanForm was part of a local startup accelerator program called PIE (Portland Incubator...

This past summer, UrbanForm was a member of the 2022 PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment) cohort, along with other great startups such as:...

Many of you know Rallymade principal Jennifer Wright through her tireless activity on the AIA's Small Firms Exchange; or, through her...