Historic Postcard of Colorado State Capitol, Denver, CO
“Build as much as we can, as fast as we can, until it’s all done!”
Postcard from the Colorado Front Range: Building transit as fast as they can
July 11, 2012
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I once drove Ian McHarg to the airport …
April 18, 2011
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Reflections on some National American Planning Association conference sessions
On Monday (April 11, 2011) I attended a session that previewed chapters of a forthcoming book titled “Regional Planning in America.” One presentation focused on the contributions of noted landscape architect, Ian McHarg, the author of Design with Nature. McHarg, who also founded the firm Wallace, McHarg, Roberts and Todd, helped usher in a new era of planning by More
Governor’s Forum on Smart Growth
April 1, 2011
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Please join Governor Martin O’Malley and other leaders in Smart Growth, Community Revitalization and Transit Oriented Development (TOD) for an important discussion on the future of Community Development in Maryland:
When:
Friday, April 8, 2011
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. More
How has Maryland been growing?
April 1, 2011
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Growth Trends
The total acreage of developed land in Maryland nearly doubled in the past three decades, resulting in large losses of farms and forests. It took three centuries to develop the first 650,000 acres of land in Maryland and a mere 30 years to develop the next 650,000 acres. More
PlanMaryland – Getting state agencies, local governments and the private sector on the same page
March 30, 2011
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The following is a reprint of a handout provided to the members of the Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission as part of a briefing on PlanMaryland progress at their March 28, 2011 meeting (for a PDF of this document, click here. Note: page numbers maintained from the original):
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What for? Achieve Maryland’s Smart Growth goals for vibrant, desirable communities; protected agricultural and environmental lands and resources; and sustainable lifestyles and economies.
What’s the Problem? Lack of coordination and clarity among state agencies, local governments and the private sector in three ways: what they are trying to achieve, where they are trying to achieve it, and how their efforts are coordinated to be complementary and not at cross purposes.
PlanMaryland directly addresses these deficiencies. More
