Tag Archives: New World Planning
Solid Planning in Portland
Lexington is so small that we can begin thinking about 10 minute neighborhoods….Do we have them already? If so, why dont we talk more about how important that is? —————— Innovative Mayor Sam Adams Builds a Cleaner Portland By Austin … Continue reading
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Planning for the future in SoCal – applies to us too
A video created for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) presents a serious look at what infill development would look like in Ventura and Fullerton. Planners, ex-mayors and architects are interviewed about how the region has changed, and how … Continue reading
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Turning a parking lot into a community garden
Pomegranate Center is the great firm that we’ve partnered with to help us plan and build the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden. They do community improving work all over – here is one great example. We are fortunate to have … Continue reading
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Buffalo Ditches Zoning
Maybe a city has to hit rock bottom before it actually practices “innovation” rather than just preaching it. If so, we’re not ready to be innovative….and that’s a shame because we could really use it. —- Buffalo Green Code: Mayor … Continue reading
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Alternative Transportation in Fort Collins
This is from a report I did for Bluegrass Tomorrow – Bluegrass Innovision 2018: Lessons in Innovation – I’ll post more later…..read the whole thing here: http://www.bluegrasstomorrow.org/pdf%20files/BluegrassInnovationsFinal.pdf “IMAGINE… a modern, world-class community, continuing to transform from a small city to … Continue reading
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What Makes A Great City?
This is from Worldchanging: Building A Bright Green Future….interesting discussion about the future of Seattle. What about us here? Deep Walkability Alex Steffen, 10 Jan 10 Several pieces of Net flotsam today (local columnist Danny Westneat’s clueless call for more … Continue reading
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Experimental Gardens…..
This garden is evocative of the coal-mined wastelands of west Kentucky. Hot, isolated, mean, destroyed by surface mining. Yet there is an asymmetrical, stark beauty to these places, seen mainly in the roadsides of the Western Kentucky Parkway. Perhaps we … Continue reading
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Creative Cities Summit….I’m there
I’m moderating a great panel and a great topic – the only problem is that there isn’t more time (I’ll save my critique of the whole creative city concept until after the event….I have an open mind and I’m proud … Continue reading
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Legacy Trail Public Art Examples…from Chattanooga’s Trails
This video was made by city engineer Keith Lovan after we took a trip to see how public art fits on trails…..over time, the legacy trail will be similar.
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Legacy Trail public art plan announced
3-layered approach provides direction for growth, sets attainable goals By Amber Scott North of Center The Legacy Trail, a nine-mile multi-use path connecting the east side of downtown Lexington to the Kentucky Horse Park, received final approval on March 11, … Continue reading
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Local Energy Independence
Read about a community based group in New England that is building local energy independence. This is just one more tool that we need in the box here in Lexington. Food, transport, job skills, energy….see what I’m doing here? Helping to try to … Continue reading
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Urban Resilience for Dummies: Failing the Milk Test
by Warren Karlenzig 10 Mar 10 Last post I covered some guiding principles for urban resilience planning in the face of climate change and diminishing resources (especially fresh water and oil). Considering these guidelines, what aspect of U.S. metro development … Continue reading
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Digital Equality in Lexington
Yall that know me know I’m very involved in two great Legacy projects – the Trail and the revitalization of the East End. Well, today I started my involvement with another: I am chair of the Broadband Coalition Community Engagement … Continue reading
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The Future of Suburbia
This is a nice little piece that lays out truthfully the fate of outer ring suburbia. There’s more of a social concern in here than Alex let’s on: what happens to the people who are trapped in these areas? And … Continue reading
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Legacy Trail Construction BEGINS!
Yall that know me know that I am helping to work on Lexington’s Legacy projects. Construction began last week on the first 7.5 mile Legacy Trail section from the Northside YMCA to the Horse Park. This section of the Trail will be … Continue reading
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Peak Oil Means the End of Zoning
As we move forward into the peak oil time, we will need to begin to adjust the way that we “plan” Lexington. One thing that is certain is that zoning as we knew it is dying. Zoning arose in the … Continue reading
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Portland does it again: EcoDistricts
Thanks to alert reader Tim J., read below about an initiative of Portland Mayor Sam Adams to prepare his city for the coming future….see what mayoral vision can do for a city? “What does it mean to build a city … Continue reading
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Wall Street Journal to Homebuilders: “It’s time for America to find itself a new economy”
This is awesome – a conservative paper telling it like it is! The housing “industry” is a model just like the auto industry. Cheap inputs, government subsidies (tax breaks), and mass marketing about “dreams” and “freedom.” The problem is the … Continue reading
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Can We Design Cities For Happiness?
“If we in the Third World measure our success or failure as a society in terms of income, we would have to classify ourselves as losers until the end of time,” declares Enrique Peñalosa, who served as mayor of Bogotá, … Continue reading
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Possibilities for Lexington’s Future
People around here are having a tough time envisioning a positive path to the future. So many of us a re committed to “life as we know it.” But change is always with us. And the changes we are facing are … Continue reading
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Fresh Food for Our Neigborhoods NOW
New York City has instituted great way to get fresh food into neighborhoods where stores don’t offer it: Green Cart. We have that problem here, in the East End for example. But there are many places in Lexington, on … Continue reading
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What Really is Our Most Important Issue?
Last night, Lexington mayoral candidates assembled for a debate. All the candidates agreed that economic development – creating jobs – is the most important thing facing Lexington in the next four years. Since Lexington’s city government is payroll tax dependent that makes … Continue reading
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Zen Gardens in Lexington
“Found” landscapes have great appeal to me. I search for places that have the attributes of Zen Gardens, namely enclosure and abstract objects of contemplation. Here, a series of mounds, with slightly emerging stones, and a strong a linear perspective … Continue reading
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Mill Street Ped Mall
I’ve been busy for a while on other projects – East End Revitalization,Legacy Trail , trying to get our city aware of peak oil, etc… But I’ve never given up on my idea to turn one Block of Mill Street into … Continue reading
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Art on the Legacy Trail
Those of you who know me know that my day job is working to implement the Legacy projects in Lexington for the World Equestrian Games. We’re hosting an interesting meeting Tuesday Feb 23 – read our press release in BizLex … Continue reading
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