Renew Atlanta TSPLOST
Bond Program Highlights Atlanta voters overwhelmingly supported the Renew Atlanta infrastructure bond in a special election on March 17, 2015. […]
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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.
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Infrastructure Funding and Financing
A Comprehensive, Long-Range Municipal Finance Plan. THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET. A large part of the focus of every city administration is
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Property Values and Sidewalks, 2018
Purpose: The Study compares the property value of homes on one side of the street with sidewalks to homes on
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Small City Dashboard
Vision. A dashboard is a single place, call it a Data Analysis Center, with a broad range of selected real
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Main Street’s Active Zones: “Not Too Tall, Not Too Long”
THE ORLANDO REGION’S CHARACTER MAIN STREETS. The five county Orlando Region is fortunate to have many small cities and towns with
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Project Management
Project management is a learned skill. The Project Manager can be a consultant or a staff member in a private
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Community Theaters: “Edu-tainment” Emporiums.
HISTORICAL ROLE OF DOWNTOWN THEATERS. Movies begat movie theaters. From the late 19thcentury until sound sprung forth in 1927, movies
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THE DOWNTOWN HOTEL: A Threshold Achievement.
Hotels. Small town tourism is a growing economic development factor. Hotels are the threshold assets that entice people to stay
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Business Planning for a Professional Planning Consultancy
Planners planning for themselves is an anomaly; however, planning is helpful for the success of a professional planning practice. A
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Thinking for a Living: Preparing to Solve Known Problems, Being Ready for Unanticipated Events and Taking Advantage of Opportunities.
Thinking. Every professional regards her/himself as a thinker, a thoughtful person ready to tackle the problems of the day. In