PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS…
- Main Street Parks and Plazas, Open Air “Third Places”…wck.
- “Transformative infrastructure funding is here. The application process for getting it still needs work” from Brookings by Ellory Monks and Shalini Vajjhala, 7.11.22.
- Whitewater Parks, An Economic Development Hypothetical…wck.
- “Lowe\’s Announces 5-Year, $100m Commitment to Community Impact Projects Across America”…steve.j.salazar@lowes.com
- Index to archived Planning Articles.
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES…
- National Brownfields Training Conference, Oklahoma City 8.16-19.22…Center for Creative Land Recycling.
- Preface for a Comprehensive Energy System…wck.
- Bloomberg Carbon Clock, CO2 monthly readings through March 2022.
- Index to archived Climate Change Articles.
SPECIAL FEATURES…
- Profile: David Barth, Parks Systems Planner Extraordinaire.
- Quintessential Character Town…Greenville SC.
- Video: [6:58] City Parks: America\’s New Infrastructure –Resilience, fourth in a five-part series from The City Parks Alliance.
- Video[6:25]: City Parks: America\’s New Infrastructure -Health, second in a five-part series from The City Parks Alliance.
- Index to archived Special Features.
BOOKS…
- A Clearing in the Distance, Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century, Witold Rybczynski, Scribner, 1999.
- Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning, Timothy Beatley, Island Press, Center for Resource Economics, WDC, 2011.
- Parks and Recreation System Planning, A New Approach for Creating Sustainable, Resilient Communities, David L. Barth, PhD, Island Press, Washington D.C., 2020.
- Place and Prosperity: How Cities Help Us to Connect and Innovate, William Fulton, Island Press, 7.21.22.
- Index to archived Book Recommendations.