As an attorney and consultant for over twenty five years in government and business regulation, I currently focus on community development and urban design issues – through organizations at the national, regional and local levels. It is my sincere belief that quality design, particularly as it relates to community planning, can improve quality of life … Read More
Mural or Billboard – New Look for Community Revitalization
“A community may want to consider a special set of street graphic regulations for Areas of Special Character…” Street Graphics and the Law (APA/PAS)
Can Towns Still Afford Quality Design?
“An attractive, well-designed physical environment is critical to … economic development.” Urban Land Institute
Community Design for Recovery
“Beauty will save the world.” F. Dostoevsky
Advocacy as Point of View
“Rather, I have found advocacy to be a practice of listening and connection. Instead of anger…a deep space of hope.” — Anna Vogt, Center for Public Dialogue 2020
New Years – New Urban Trees?
Landscaping impacts suburban Downtown projects – and size really does matter.
Holiday Planning Inspiration
Creating beautiful communities takes collaboration – even for artists and experts..
Town Design as Legacy
“Thus in all these ways we will transmit this City … greater and more beautiful than when it was transmitted to us.” —The Athenian Oath
Signs of Civilization – Dr. Seuss
“Sign after sign, after sign… And, thus between them, with impunity, They loused up the whole community.” — Dr. Seuss
Creating Community By Neighborhoods
“To create enduring beauty requires intense collaboration between people who share the purpose of creating something truly unique.” —Alan Moore, “Do/Design”