Community Development – The Urbanist Dispatch

Arlington, Virginia shows how feet on the street help a community thrive

America’s Most Walkable Suburb Offers Lessons for Towns Everywhere

Jay Walljasper

March 31, 2015

Suburban life has always been synonymous with long hours in the car-- going to work, school, the grocery store, the mall, soccer practice and friends’ homes. Some people even drive to take a walk. That’s cha...

Moran Power Plant, Burlington, VT. Photo by brownl3 on Flickr.

This is the grand plan to restore Burlington’s waterfront

John Cruz

March 31, 2014

Economic Development, Sustainability

Sitting alongside Lake Champlain, The Moran Municipal Power Plant in Burlington, Vt. is a relic of another time. The power plant spent its life turning coal into energy for the growing city and was even the mai...

Waltz sod farm in Waltz, Michigan. Photo by thisincredibleworld on Flickr.

Farmers and Urbanists Unite!

Chris Matus

February 17, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods, Economic Development

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A Michigan Farm, Courtesy of Maureen "Mo" Reilly on Flickr. “Two urban planners walk into the Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference.” It sounds like the start of a joke. But there my wife and I were, weav...

iXpress Bus, Ontario. Courtesy of Wikipedia.

Region of Waterloo – Central Transit Corridor Community Building Strategy

John Cruz

January 15, 2014

Videos

iXpress Bus, Ontario. Courtesy of Wikipedia. This video takes a look at utilizing the existing transit corridor for community building in the Waterloo-Kitchener-Cambridge Ontario area. http://v...

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America’s Most Walkable Suburb Offers Lessons for Towns Everywhere

This is the grand plan to restore Burlington’s waterfront

Farmers and Urbanists Unite!

Region of Waterloo – Central Transit Corridor Community Building Strategy