Kaid Benfield
Green in the City: A recipe for mental and environmental health
Kaid Benfield 
March 23, 2015
March 23, 2015
The National Arbor Day Foundation has a simple app on its website that allows visitors to see how a city changes as it adds tree cover and other vegetation. Using a little sliding tool, one can gradually change the illustration from one with few trees to one with abundant trees. The difference is striking: everyone... Continue Reading
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Letting Love Rule: All urban density is not created equal
Kaid Benfield February 9, 2015
February 9, 2015
Last week we resurrected a look at the preservation movement — asking if, rather than strict adherence to ideology, love of place could ultimately rule the day — so that, this week, we could put a spotlight on Kaid Benfield, the latest addition to the PlaceMakers team, and his thoughts on the issue's flip-side.
In... Continue Reading