Housing, Parks And Recreation and Sustainability

Quote on housing that's very apt: "As demand for housing rises, Philadelphia’s neighborhoods can either remain affordable or remain low-density. They cannot do both"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 25, 2024

It's relevant to both strong and weak markets, because even in weak markets, there probably isn't enough housing. This is true everywhere, not just in Philadelphia. In the discussions about school closures in Salt Lake City, the g word, gentrification came up. But it's complicated.

Housing

Housing Parks And Recreation Development Grassroots

What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions. A TMD is the way to go, focusing on everything, not just parking, which is more typical. At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility.

Transportation

Transportation Management Parks And Recreation Housing

The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety. sustainable mobility. Parks, recreation centers, libraries. Usually cities have parks and libraries in the core.

Public Safety

Public Safety Parks And Recreation Housing Campaign

Simplifying the Online Employee Onboarding Process in Park Agencies

Let's Talk Parks

AUGUST 22, 2021

Employees were scattered across town – pools, camps, parks, and recreation centers many miles away- and I didn’t want to send them another email that gets buried in their inbox. While I’m a certified park nerd (trademark pending), I wouldn’t recommend learning code for developing your intranet. We’ll get to that in a minute.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Local Government Development Advocacy

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Parks with extraordinary environmental features face big losses in the face of sustained heat. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. What does that mean for visitors? ," National Geographic -- " What to Save?

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Sustainability Housing Management

Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., WRT solid waste and recycling it's pretty much the same.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Operations Transportation Sanitation

Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Eight | Civic Engagement and Positive Promotion of Democracy

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

Public facing civic assets--libraries, parks, schools, sustainable mobility programs like walking, biking, and transit, Safe Routes to School, public markets, farmers markets, etc. It's an interesting book.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Engagement Urban Planning Campaign

Revisiting assistance programs to get people biking: 1826 programs

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 17, 2024

An example might be living in Capitol Hill, DC and riding around on various errands, trips to work, for recreation etc., An example might be living in Capitol Hill, DC and riding around on various errands, trips to work, for recreation etc., Creating "sustainable mobility stores." Building infrastructure isn't enough.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Sustainability Transportation Security

Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Four | Seasonality, Activation and Public Art as an element of facilities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 26, 2024

For example the Salt Lake City park master plan, ReImagine Nature , does discuss programming and activation. Still, a majority of parks master plans don't address these items in a systematic enough way. The park allows all community members to enjoy the space simultaneously. Not so much public art. Seasonality.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Press Release Strategic Planning Engagement

National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

I think that parks, libraries, sustainable mobility programs, and other civic assets are potential touchpoints for civic engagement and participation. But parks agencies and libraries aren't set up to do this purposively. And they don't acknowledge civic engagement as an important element of parks practice in their master plans.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Engagement Advocacy

What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Across the country, small and rural communities grapple with economic challenges and an aging housing stock that leads to similar outcomes: a flood of VAD properties that threaten the health, safety, and resilience of these residents. We spoke with Taylor Bennett , Executive Director of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation (WVLSC).

Stewardship

Stewardship Legislation Advocacy Parks And Recreation

Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

TransMilenio bus routes. Photo by Julio Plaza for the New York Times. Transformative projects like TransMilenio require long-term “cathedral thinking.” They don’t conform to election cycles. They’re not the work of any single person. They’re like cities themselves: endless, incremental, evolving and collective.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Implementation Development

20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This entry became very long, so I broke it up. This entry became very long, so I broke it up. There are plenty of posts I don't remember writing!) I got tired of reading over and over of the displacement of arts groups and the like.

Transportation

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning

The state of the residential real estate market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

Housing Market Needs 5.5 Most economists predict prices will fall some (" Moody's: Home prices to fall in these 210 housing markets—while these 204 markets will go higher ," Fortune ). Amenities as a factor in housing choice. We still have the supply deficit and private equity participation.

Housing

Housing Parks And Recreation Public Safety Transportation

20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part one -- (in)FAQ and my influences

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The URL is long because at the time I didn't appreciate the need for brevity. I have over 12,000 entries. While many are photos, and some are reprints, the fact is that the ouevre is a few million words in all likelihood. While many are photos, and some are reprints, the fact is that the ouevre is a few million words in all likelihood. And images.

Transportation

Transportation Community Development Housing Urban Planning

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

Art has shaped our perception of landscapes, parks, and other public spaces for 200+ years in the United States alone, and longer in Europe (" ‘Nature’s Nation’: How American art shaped our environmental perspectives ," Princeton University Art Museum). Gene Harris Bandshell (amphitheater), Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security

20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part three -- transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

My work in Baltimore County also led to the development of my "Signature Streets" concept, as a way of unifying thinking about streets, mobility, and aesthetics, not just in counties but in cities too. I have more than 1,000 entries on this topic. By focusing on key concepts that "I've developed" here's a list. I see they're updating their plan.)

Transportation

Transportation Sustainability Parks And Recreation Development

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

Art has shaped our perception of landscapes, parks, and other public spaces for 200+ years in the United States alone, and longer in Europe (" ‘Nature’s Nation’: How American art shaped our environmental perspectives ," Princeton University Art Museum). Gene Harris Bandshell (amphitheater), Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security

Public Administration Today

Quote on housing that's very apt: "As demand for housing rises, Philadelphia’s neighborhoods can either remain affordable or remain low-density. They cannot do both"

What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Simplifying the Online Employee Onboarding Process in Park Agencies

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

Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Eight | Civic Engagement and Positive Promotion of Democracy

Revisiting assistance programs to get people biking: 1826 programs

Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Four | Seasonality, Activation and Public Art as an element of facilities

National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

The state of the residential real estate market

20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part one -- (in)FAQ and my influences

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part three -- transportation

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

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