by John W. Olson | Jul 27, 2011 | Landscape Architecture, Sustainability
It was a pleasure to produce landscape design plans for a new home in Gold Hill Mesa with the desire to become the first home in Colorado Springs to become registered by LEED for Homes as well as EPA’s WaterSense for New Homes. GJ Gardner’s home...
by John W. Olson | Jul 25, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Events, Sustainability, Urbanism
John Olson will be presenting at the REpowering Southern Colorado Renewable Energy Expo 2011 on August 6, 2011. He wil participate in a panel on Future Jobs Potential in NEED©. The following is a bio for John and a brief abstract of his portion of the presentation. ...
by John W. Olson | Jul 21, 2011 | Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
Infill is one of those development terms that gets interpreted in a multitude of ways. I like to reference the definition supplied for the National Association of Realtors in the White Paper titled Best Practices to Encourage Infill Development written by Robinson...
by John W. Olson | Jul 18, 2011 | Events, Sustainability
Another successful Sustainability Bicycle Tour is now behind us in Colorado Springs. On Saturday, July 16, 2011, approximately fifty people participated in the three-stage Sustainability Bike Tour. We were extremely pleased with the turn out for the event and...
by John W. Olson | Jul 7, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Landscape Architecture, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design
Upon returning from a week-long vacation at Laketime Retreat on Grand Lake in northeast Oklahoma, I thought about how to best design a retreat complex on a lake setting. I came to the conclusion that the experiences of a lake visit vary greatly by the personalities of...
