National Brownfields Training Conference
From Center for Creative Land Recycling CT.org has recently discovered that there are many benefits accruing to properties in a designated “brownfield” area, especially for those properties not actually contaminated. Abeyance of fees is a big one along with eligibility for grants and regulatory relief. Check it out. FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail
Index of Planning Articles [2021-present]
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Lowe’s Announces 5-Year, $100M Commitment to Community Impact Projects Across America
Lowe’s today announced a five-year, $100 million investment in the communities it serves – the company’s largest-ever commitment of its kind – with a new community impact program called Lowe’s Hometowns. Each year from 2022 through 2026, Lowe’s Hometowns will complete nearly 1,800 community impact projects, including 100 signature projects chosen from consumer nominations, and […]
Whitewater Parks
The Hypothetical. Communities are generally looking for ways to distinguish themselves for the benefit of their residents and businesses. Historic sites and persons are exploited as are natural features. Visitor attracting playgrounds and theme parks serve the purpose…the purpose being to bring outside money into the local economy. And, by the way, provide an interesting, […]
Transformative infrastructure funding is here. The application process for getting it still needs work.
Brookings has a terrific article on the status of the process for small cities and towns to access federal infrastructure funding; although still unresolved, there are things to do to get in line. A tangential point is that state governments are becoming more important. CT.org expected state governments to whither with growing irrelevance leaving the […]
Main Street Parks and Plazas
The Idea of “Urban Open Space” Systems. MAIN STREET “THIRD PLACES” WHERE PEOPLE MEET CASUALLY, IN A PLEASANT SETTING. Downtown parks and plazas are ideal “third places”. Character downtowns have extensive areas and lands devoted to parks and open spaces. When systematically organized, the collection of parks, plazas, school grounds, stormwater ponds, protected wetlands, lakes, […]
Contents – August 2022
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Winter Garden’s Tucker Ranch Recreation Park and Nature Preserve
CT.org…The City of Winter Garden is the quintessential character town that continues to innovate and progress as a small city dedicated to being a place that is interesting, pleasant and prosperous for its residents, businesses and visitors. Development of the Tucker Ranch is another creative step in providing multiple benefits through a single action: The […]
Assessing the Global Climate in April 2022
Month tied as the fifth-warmest April on record for the globe The global surface temperature for April 2022 tied with 2010 as the fifth highest for April in the 143-year NOAA record, which dates back to 1880. The year-to-date (January-April) global surface temperature was also the fifth warmest such period on record. According to NCEI’s […]
Index of Book Summaries [2021-present]
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