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The Elkhart Unified Development Ordinance project has officially hit the public comment stage, and we can't wait to share the details with you all! Our mission? To merge the Elkhart County Subdivision and Zoning Ordinances into a modern Unified Development Ordinance. Why should you be excited? Because UDOs bring all the crucial info for land development under one roof. Abonmarche focused on improving readability and understanding of the current regulations. This project is about making life easier when navigating development efforts through Elkhart County. Let's embark on this journey together! Comment your thoughts below and be part of the conversation. https://lnkd.in/gpV7esjk #planning #planninganddevelopment #elkhartdevelopment #elkhartcounty #elkhartplanninganddevelopment #indianaplanning

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We want to hear from you! A draft of the City of Brantford’s new Zoning By-law is now available to review and we want to hear what you think. Visit https://lnkd.in/gCzsTU3z to learn more, share your thoughts and ask questions of the project team. Your feedback may be considered while the new zoning by-law is finalized and prepared for Brantford City Council approval. #LetsTalkBrantford | #BrantfordZoning | #BrantfordPlanning

We want to hear from you! A draft of the City of Brantford’s new Zoning By-law is now available to review and we want to hear what you think. Visit https://lnkd.in/gCzsTU3z to learn more, share your thoughts and ask questions of the project team. Your feedback may be considered while the new zoning by-law is finalized and prepared for Brantford City Council approval. #LetsTalkBrantford | #BrantfordZoning | #BrantfordPlanning

We want to hear from you! A draft of the City of Brantford’s new Zoning By-law is now available to review and we want to hear what you think. Visit https://lnkd.in/gCzsTU3z to learn more, share your thoughts and ask questions of the project team. Your feedback may be considered while the new zoning by-law is finalized and prepared for Brantford City Council approval. #LetsTalkBrantford | #BrantfordZoning | #BrantfordPlanning

We want to hear from you! A draft of the City of Brantford’s new Zoning By-law is now available to review and we want to hear what you think. Visit https://lnkd.in/gCzsTU3z to learn more, share your thoughts and ask questions of the project team. Your feedback may be considered while the new zoning by-law is finalized and prepared for Brantford City Council approval. #LetsTalkBrantford | #BrantfordZoning | #BrantfordPlanning

#TerminalTriviaTuesday In 2003 the #BuffaloCentralTerminal was spotlighted on the Preservation League of New York State #SeventoSave list. This list calls attention to historic properties that exemplify challenges facing historic places across the state, like insufficient funding and financial incentives, insensitive public policies, general neglect, disinvestment, and in some cases, demolition. The write up read that "'saving' the former station at this stage will mean the stabilization of the structure and finding a suitable adaptive use that not only results in the rehabilitation of the landmark station, but serves as a catalyst for the revitalization of Buffalo’s East Side neighborhood." Our future is in motion. After years of advocacy alongside partners such as the Preservation League, Urban Land Institute, Empire State Development, and more, this living landmark has finally received the infusion of financial support needed to kick start reuse. With Phase 2 Construction underway now, we are well on our way to reestablishing the Terminal as a lasting cultural and economic hub for the community. . . . . #buffalohistory #historyfacts #preservation #preservationy #historicbuildings #preservationarchitecture #heritage

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When we wrote a robust set of design guidelines for Spokane's skywalks, we faced many of the same biases. A number of critics (including an association of business owners) thought that skywalks merely robbed pedestrian vitality from the streetscape. I posited another theory, that it was the internalization of retail at the second level of block interiors that was the sole reason for street-level retail vacancies - and that pedestrian bridges merely doubled the pedestrian network. By obscuring the street-level access points and by allowing skywalks' aesthetic appeal to be reduced to glazed "hamster tubes", the city had served to facilitate a separate economy between internal & external retail. The property owners who fund skywalks are merely seeking to increase their pedestrian-to-retail linear footage ratio within their limited holdings, hardly a justification to reduce street facing retail lease space. Rather, in exchange for allowing private development over publicly owned right-of-way the city failed to provide proper guidance and development requirements. Street level access, pedestrian orientation, wayfinder signage, engaging aesthetics (including artistic lighting), are all now development requirements for Spokane skywalks. Here's the link to Spokane's Skywalk Design Guidelines: https://lnkd.in/gvBCbPKT

Case Study #24 clearly shows how retrofitting streets designed around the free flow of cars to be more walkable can attract healthy, affordable, and attractive development in disinvested neighborhoods. And, it can start simply by retrofitting an intersection.