Quintessential Character Town…DeLandFL.
CHARACTER. The City is the home of Stetson University and the seat of Volusia County government, both with facilities near downtown. The thriving downtown economy depends on the City remaining an interesting, pleasant and prosperous place for residents, businesses, students and visitors. FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail
Top 10 planning practices for making things happen in rural and small towns
CT.org…The following article offers ways for rural towns to fight regression and stabilize their social and economic systems. However, the presumption is that rural towns have the resources, economic and civic, to activate the needed actions. Free-standing, rural communities not connected to a larger metro area have few options for arresting their decline; but, they […]
With historic federal investment incoming, regions must collaborate on planning.
From Brookings CT.org…Brookings calls for regional planning as a gateway to federal funds. Usually, CT.org provides an introductory paragraph from a useful article with a link to the balance, but this one is so timely, the entire article is provided below. Thanks to historic commitments by Congress and resilient local economies, the next five years […]
How Do You Map the Character of a City? A New Tool Offers Solutions.
The historic character of a community is often obvious. But in some places the past is less obvious and its significance harder to protect. The historic character of a community is often obvious. You can see it in the rooftop lines of adjoined rowhouses or in the charming pocket park tucked beside a collection of […]
So, What’s a Small, Rural Town to Do?
Finding Someone Who Cares is the Place to Start. The Challenge. There are different types of small cities and towns. The smaller, older, free-standing rural towns that are some distance from a metro area offer a unique challenge. They are, by definition, beyond the corona of a big regional city or metro area; beyond the […]
Index to Special Features [2021-present]
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Index of Planning Articles [2021-present]
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Index of Climate Change Articles [2021-present]
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Index of Book Summaries [2021-present]
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Climate Change: Global Sea Level
HIGHLIGHTS Sea level has risen 8–9 inches (21–24 centimeters) since 1880. In 2020, global sea level set a new record high—91.3 mm (3.6 inches) above 1993 levels. The rate of sea level rise is accelerating: it has more than doubled from 0.06 inches (1.4 millimeters) per year throughout most of the twentieth century to 0.14 […]