by John W. Olson | May 28, 2010 | Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
As our culture, and more specifically, the development and design industries follow our movement into greater sustainability and “green” practices, more thought is necessary. My observation of design is that many architects, engineers, landscape...
by John W. Olson | May 26, 2010 | Landscape Architecture
In Colorado Springs, it is no secret that our City is under major budget cuts. We have made national news a few times in the past year for our miscellaneous cuts. Our City has cut services, employees, water, closed down community centers, etc. What is interesting...
by John W. Olson | May 24, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Safe Routes To School is a government initiative created in 2006 that “assists communities in enabling and encouraging children to safely walk and bike to school.” There are very good reasons for this initiative because for most schools, children walking...
by John W. Olson | May 20, 2010 | Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Many will categorize subdivisions and neighborhoods as the same, but what is most often built today (at least before our current Development depression that we are in)are subdivisions. “Neighborhood” has a warm connotation that feels good and sounds like...
by John W. Olson | May 19, 2010 | Business, Landscape Architecture
As I have mentioned before in the post, HOA Landscape Retrofit , I am working on retrofitting the plantings along the fronts of several townhouses in Spring Creek. I have finished the planting palette and location of the proposed planting and the plantings are now...