Jennifer Hiatt is the co-host of Booked on Planning, a bi-weekly podcast where she interviews authors of planning and urban design literature for biweekly episodes. She is an economic opportunity planner with the Lincoln Urban Planning Department, focusing on redevelopment projects utilizing tax increment financing. Throughout her career, she has dedicated herself to assisting communities in various aspects of development and revitalization, ranging from comprehensive planning, zoning, and feasibility studies to economic development initiatives and tax increment financing. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in American History and a Master of Community and Regional Planning from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, as well as a Juris Doctor with a specialization in land use and state and local governance from the Nebraska College of Law.
Review: "An Even Better Way to Zone"
Don Elliot’s sophisticated and much-anticipated follow up to "A Better Way to Zone" tackles equity, affordability and provides a better blueprint from theory to application.
Everything you Need to Know from the APA’s 2026 Trend Report for Planners
Plus, a conversation with the APA’s Chief Foresight and Knowledge Officer, Petra Hurtado.
Mess Might Just be the Secret Weapon That Planners Forgot
In “Messy Cities: Why We Can’t Plan Everything” 43 writers from around the world sing the praises the gentle chaos that exemplifies a thriving metropolis.
Tracing the Destruction of the Highway Baltimore Never Built
In “Road to Nowhere: How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore,” historian Emily Lieb demonstrates how the mere threat of a highway project, combined with systemic redlining and predatory real estate practices, can dismantle a community just as effectively as physical construction can.