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National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

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It’s good business' " One of the many regrets I have is not getting a PhD in planning. My intended thesis was around urban planning and civic participation and engagement, because local land use issues are the issue most likely to get people involved in local civic affairs, other than having children and being involved in education issues.

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

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The upheaval in the planning agency’s governance has shocked even longtime political observers in a county accustomed to intense development spats. Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, in Forest Grove Park in Silver Spring in 2018. John Kelly/The Washington Post) I'm saddened by this.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change

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From " Designing urban parks that ameliorate the effects of climate change ," Landscape and Urban Planning : During heat waves now and in the future urban microclimates put human health at risk. Intercepting solar radiation is the most effective way to reduce the heat load on people. for interpretation.

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Arbor Day: Street Trees of Seattle by Taha Ebrahimi | Trees as Cultural Landscape (at the community scale)

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And the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments just set a goal of 50% tree cover for the region (" New tree canopy goal for D.C. But a city or county tree plan--like the point I made about parks plans and architecture--is formulaic too. area calls on Arlington to get greener ," Arlington Now).

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

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She was a leading member of the area transit advocacy group, LINK Houston. Despite DC being run by the federal government, mostly under the oversight of racist Southern Congressman, the city's transit system was not segregated (" Black activists' post-emancipation battle for D.C.'s Ferguson ," book review). A lens on transit equity.