by John W. Olson | Dec 27, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Affordability is currently measured in Colorado Springs without transportation included. In the top image (Housing Only), the yellow represents areas where the average residential housing expenses are less than 30% of total household income. The blue represents areas...
by John W. Olson | Dec 19, 2010 | Sustainability
Occasionally, I will write a blog post that has little to nothing to do with landscape architecture, planning or urbanism. The following is one of those posts. We have all seen it in the past few years, the world is going green. But that begs the question, is the...
by John W. Olson | Dec 17, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
SUSTAINABILITY BIKE TOUR COLORADO SPRINGS, JUNE 26, 2010 Essay by Frank Kinder, USGBC Colorado – SoCo Branch & John Olson, CNU Colorado This past June, CNU Colorado teamed with APA Colorado, AIA Colorado, USGBC Colorado-Southern Branch and Bike Month in a...
by John W. Olson | Dec 14, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Streetscapes, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
The following in the unedited version of an article that I wrote for the Colorado Urbanist, a publication for the Congress for the New Urbanism – Colorado. The Colorado Urbanist will publish its most recent newsletter in the coming weeks. Duany Plater-Zyberk...
by John W. Olson | Dec 6, 2010 | Landscape Architecture, Urban Renewal
I am always pleased to see clients realize the satisfaction and joy from projects that I am involved. It is even more exciting when the project wins a national award! Pueblo’s Urban Renewal Authority recently received an award for the Main Street Parking...
