CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Articles provided by wck planning and articles by others discuss a wide variety of issues and opportunities facing small cities and towns. Ideas matter and history helps with practical and conceptual ideas and information about cities, city planning and city-building. The Articles gallery of CharacterTowns.org presents papers that discuss issues and opportunities for those thinking and doing city-building.
Public Libraries as Business Incubators
Suppose you have an idea for a new digital services business – a business that delivers some value to others
Boston Public Library Considers Adding Apartments To 4 Library Branches
From WGBH News… Ms Saraya Wintersmith’s article from 2019 follows; it describes a citywide idea for adding other compatible uses
Americans Go to the Library More Than Anywhere Else.
New survey data found that library visits outstripped all other activities measured, including going to the movies or museums. Americans
Specialty Libraries like The Mercantile Library.
From CT.org…Every small city and town has the opportunity to have a library whether operated by the town, the county
Winter Garden FL, A Quintessential Character Town.
Winter Garden is a centennial town found within the aura of the Orlando Region. Since 2000, the population has more
Contents – October 2022
CONTENTS – October 2022 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS… “ ‘Last-Mile’ Delivery Warehouses as