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CITY PLANNING ARTICLES, CONTENTS
Contents – March 2024
CONTENTS – March 2024 Character towns, small and large, help build social cohesion, community connections, civic pride and
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES, CLIMATE CHANGE ARTICLES
How protecting public lands can help the climate.
From CT.org…Small cities and towns have properties called parks, school grounds, conservation areas, surplus properties, brownfield sites and vacant lands
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
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
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
New Richmond, Ohio; A Quintessential Character Town
CHARACTER. New Richmond is an interesting, pleasant and prosperous place. HISTORY. Founded on the banks of the Ohio River in
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Urban Open Space
Leverage the Open Space System to Unify the City and Save the Environment. THE IDEA OF AN “URBAN OPEN SPACE”
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Be Strategic, Leverage Every Main Street Asset
The place where commercial, civic and residential lives converge. Downtown’s focus is main street; the street with public buildings, gathering
BOOKS
How Small Towns and Cities Can Use Local Assets to Rebuild Their Economies
By the EPA Lessons From Successful Places Over time, all communities experience changes that affect the industries, technologies, and land use
BOOKS
The Death and Life of Main Street
Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community by Miles Orvell From Amazon… “For more than a century, the term
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Urban Open Space: Leverage the Open Space System to Unify the City
THE IDEA OF “URBAN OPEN SPACE” SYSTEMS. Character towns have extensive areas and lands devoted to parks and open spaces.