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11.02.09

Charrette particpants asked to describe DeRenne Avenue now and in the future Business, Economics, Government, Land Use, Neighborhoods, Preservation, Public Space, Transportation | (1)
As cars and trucks droned by outside, citizens streamed into a former auto parts store at the corner of DeRenne Avenue and Montgomery Street. The purpose of the gathering tonight was the launch of a week-long design charrette focused on the DeRenne Avenue corridor, arguably one of the most important yet troubled streets in the city. Factor in its use by commuters from outlying areas and its importance and troubles become regional in scope and severity. Facilitators from Kimley-Horn and Associates described the work they had done in Phase One of the project and outlined the goals for Phase Two and, ...
11.07.08

Streets: Destinations or simply ways to get there? Neighborhoods, Planning, Preservation, Public Space, Transportation | (0)
In recent blog post, Savannah Morning News Environment Reporter Mary Landers plugged her address into Walk Score. Running your Walk Score number is fun and can be instructive, athough there are flaws in the Walk Score methodology. I described them here. and Landers finds similar bugs. Landers expresses concern about the walkability of her Parkside neighborhood, writing, "I can and do walk the area for exercise, but there aren't many walkable destinations as far as shops and restaurants." She'll be happy to know there's an affordable and widely available device that will effectively double or triple any neighborhood's Walk Score. In ...
07.09.08

Imagination Advocacy, Business, Community Gardens, Conservation, Economics, Education, Energy, Food, Global Warming, Government, Green Building, Planning, Politics, Preservation, Recreation, Recycling, Transportation, Water | (1)
Last night, creative city making champion Charles Landry spoke to a packed house. I had the pleasure of being in the audience along with most of the usual suspects (govt., real estate development, business, downtownies, a few artists & SCAD folk) . . . you were probably there too. He was worth standing up for, even if my feet are paying the price today. For those of you who couldn't make it, I'll briefly summarize. Landry defines creative cities as those in which ordinary people (along with their local bureaucracies) solve problems (or rather, create opportunities) in imaginative ...
06.19.08

Green Bridge gets green light Community Gardens, Green Building, Planning, Preservation | (7)
From Effingham County one morning this week, Michael Maddox wrote in his blog, “After many long months, or more correctly years, I finally have approval from the Effingham County Commission to proceed with my project.” The project, Green Bridge Farm, is one I have mentioned here before, and it’s been covered in local news. Initial resistance from the county stemmed from Maddox’s request for a variance to have the community road paved with recycled concrete rather than asphalt. The variance was hard won and took many months to secure as an act of conservation. But it was worth, it, Maddox says: ...
01.15.08

For what are streets made? Advocacy, Planning, Preservation, Recreation, Transportation | (4)
Two comments in the Savannah Morning News' Vox Populi section caught my eye this morning. The emphasis in each is mine. "Close off the streets for the kids to play basketball? My neighborhood looks like a dump after these kids play. Their language from the youngest to the oldest comes from the dump as well. Streets were made for automobiles." And... "Streets are for driving not playing basketball. If you want to play ball go to a playground or gym. It would be different if the kids would act like people did a few years ago and move out of the ...

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