ARTICLES
The Original Articles archives of CharacterTowns.org presents papers that discuss practical and conceptual ideas for designing, building and managing character towns and small cities that are interesting, pleasant and prosperous places for residents, businesses and visitors.
A photo essay on coral reef restoration efforts in Florida
from Yale’s Climate Connections Over the past 40 years, nearly 90 percent of live corals on reefs in the Florida […]
A Quintessential Character Town: Harrodsburg KY.
HISTORY. First town west of the mountains, 1836. Settled by Daniel Boone and James Harrod. Harrodsburg is a free-standing town […]
A Quintessential Character Town: Palatka, Florida.
Palatka with its downtown civic buildings, museums, hotel and parks in the midst of its historic and affordable neighborhoods is […]
A Quintessential Character Town: Tavares, “America’s Seaplane City”.
Founded in 1880 by Alexander St. Clair-Abrams, a newspaper and railroad man from a Creole family in New Orleans. He […]
A Quintessential Character Town, Oakland FL
OAKLAND, FL — The Town of Oakland is proud to announce the opening of the Healthy West Orange Arts and […]
A Quintessential Character Town…Sulphur Springs TX
Two years of collaborative planning produced a $6.3 million renewal of the rural city’s four-acre civic square and main streets. […]
A Reminder…The sources of greenhouse gases can be grouped into five categories
Transportation is the biggest, perhaps electric vehicles will reduce this number, over time. Hydrogen is still on the list. Electricity […]
A Reminder…The sources of greenhouse gases can be grouped into five categories
• Transportation is the biggest, perhaps electric vehicles will reduce this number, over time. Hydrogen is still on the list. […]
A Suggested Student Academic Career Guide
Purpose of this Guide. The planning department faculty and its advisory council members are very interested in the success of […]
A Swiss River Canal Reimagined. Geneva
Flowing through the idyllic southwestern tip of Switzerland is the Aire, a small river that winds through the countryside close […]
About NOAA Climate.gov
Mission NOAA Climate.gov provides science and information for a climate-smart nation. Americans’ health, security, and economic well-being are closely linked […]
Active Ground Floors: What to do with all that Space on Main St?
THE PURPOSE. Buildings in main street’s “active zone” with ground floor uses and activities that are open for business during […]
Affordable Housing: An Approach for Creating and Keeping an Affordable Housing Inventory.
THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME-EXPENSE SQUEEZE. Providing affordable housing for the town’s residents is the challenge of the day. Middle and low […]
Affordable Housing Policies and Programs
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. Many local and state governments have programs that supplement federal efforts; sometimes in collaboration and sometimes independently. […]
Affordable Housing: The “Transect”, ADUs and “Missing Middle” Housing.
THREE COMPLIMENTARY IDEAS. The Transect and Missing Middle Housing both rely on judgments about scale and intensity that lead to […]
AIF Florida Water Forum 2021
The 11th Annual Florida Water Forum will be held September 30 – October 1 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort […]
How architects and designers collaborate, AIGA Article
Living in an Urban World: how do architects and designers collaborate? Architects and graphic designers have long records of working […]
Air Quality Index (AQI)
The U.S. AQI is EPA’s index for reporting air quality. How does the AQI work? Think of the AQI as […]
Alibaba Robots at work
Take a look inside Alibaba’s smart warehouse where robots do 70% of the work. They can carry up to 500 […]
Aligning “Communities of Place” with “Communities of Interest”
NEIGHBORHOODS USED TO BE OUR COMMUNITY OF PLACE AND INTEREST. The neighborhood, whether in the suburbs or the city, was […]