Tag: Boulder Colorado

Chicken or the Egg: Who takes the lead on incremental suburban retrofitting?

Scott Doyon
Scott Doyon Twitter Instagram Facebook October 10, 2012
A proposed Trader Joe’s in Boulder, Colorado, brought up an interesting question this week in a spirited exchange on the Pro-Urb urban issues listserv: In auto-centric places where streets and infrastructure lack any sense of meaningful pedestrian amenity, who should take the lead on turning things around? That... Continue Reading
Category Back of the Envelope, Development, Economic Development, Planning and Design, Public Policy
Tags bikeable, Boulder Colorado, Nathan Norris, Rob Steuteville, Scott Doyon, suburban retrofit, Trader Joes, walkable
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Municipal Placemaking Mistakes 01: Quantity over quality

Nathan Norris
Nathan Norris October 10, 2012
Today we begin a PlaceShakers experiment. Through a series of periodic posts, Nathan Norris will explore how cities hinder their own placemaking efforts, wasting time and money by investing in tools, policies and programs that deliver lousy results. In the process, we’ll be looking to you to help flesh out the content... Continue Reading
Category Architecture, Development, Economic Development, Planning and Design, Public Policy
Tags Boulder Colorado, development, Municipal Placemaking Mistakes, Nathan Norris, placemaking, return on investment, smart growth, Trader Joes, Victor Dover
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