Grow the City. Save the Land. Stop the sprawl.

Up not out

Strategic City and Town Planning

Cities and towns across the U.S. grapple with more sprawl, traffic, and strip malls, and less of what we value.

Up Not Out was built to simplify urban planning and help cities grow smarter.

Up Not Out is built on one principle:

Let the market work for your city.

Cities maintain defunct policies preventing growth and forcing sprawl:

Mandating excessive parking on every lot, wasting up to 50% of space on dead asphalt.
Outlawing mixed-use development and housing downtown, forcing single-use, car-dependent sprawl.
Limiting building height to extreme minimums, choking walkable, space-efficient growth.

Why is my downtown covered in surface parking lots? Your city demands it. Help your city grow up, not out. Stop the sprawl.

Up Not Out is a city planning advocacy organization.

We are your strategic partner for preventing wasteful sprawl.

Find out what we can offer your community.