Tag: Decatur

A Municipal Planner’s Call to Arms (and Legs, Hearts and Lungs)

Guest Contributor
Guest Contributor November 11, 2010
The obesity epidemic isn’t really “news” anymore (thank you, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution) yet when I question my friends who work outside the fields of design and planning on why Americans are so fat, they tie everything back to poor food choices. But what about exercise? They reply that if you want to exercise,... Continue Reading
Category Planning and Design, Public Policy
Tags Amanda Thompson, community, Decatur, Guest Shaker Tuesday, healthy communities, livable communities, planning, public health, sustainability, transportation, zoning
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How Trying Too Hard Messes Up Main Street

Scott Doyon
Scott Doyon Twitter Instagram Facebook March 3, 2010
In taking on the foibles of our built environment, author James Howard Kunstler makes a point of noting that he’s neither an architect nor planner. Instead, he’s the everyman, and his profession is dutifully pointing out that the emperor has no clothes. I’m in a similar position. I’m not an architect or planner... Continue Reading
Category Architecture, Development, Planning and Design
Tags Architecture, Bob Gibbs, Decatur, retail, Scott Doyon
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