Shaping Lifestyle While Building Community

Ever wish you didn’t have to worry about how you were going to work off that holiday dinner? People who include regular walking and biking into their lifestyle don’t—they’re burning off that bird on their way to work. Aside from launching ...

Getting America Out of the Car and Back on Her Own Two Feet

Walkability is not a new idea. Some of the most world’s most beloved and most visited cities like Paris, Venice, and New York are inherently walkable—it’s no coincidence they were established long before the advent of the automobile. Vancouver, B.C., ...

Incremental Placemaking: Creating Place and Incubating Small Businesses With Temporary Structures

Creating a place and incubating small businesses through the use of temporary structures In response to the challenging economic climate in which many of our clients have found themselves, we recently included an economist as a part of our charrette team. In addition to helping us assess the current market demand, the economist also has the rather daunting task of…

Missing Middle Housing: Responding to the Demand for Walkable Urban Living

The mismatch between current US housing stock and shifting demographics combined with the growing demand for walkalble urban living has been poignantly defined by recent research and publications by the likes of Christopher Nelson and Chris Leinberger, and most recently by the Urban Land Institute’s publication, What’s Next: Real Estate in the New Economy. Now it is time to stop talking about the problem and start generating immediate solutions! Are you ready to be part of the solution?