Which Planning Acronym Are You?

Urban planners speak in alphabet soup.

Transit-Oriented Development (aka TOD)

Not In My Backyard (aka NIMBY)

LEED-ND (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development)

Here’s the thing.

We are all three.

We crave connection like TOD.
We protect what we love like NIMBY.
We aspire to do better like LEED-ND.

What does TOD feel like to the senior who fears displacement?
What does NIMBY sound like to the renter who needs better housing choices?
What does LEED-ND cost — and who gets to live there?

When TOD listens, when NIMBY softens, when LEED-ND shares her clipboard and her skills — the city expands.