by John W. Olson | Jul 21, 2022 | Business, Landscape Architecture, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Urban Landscapes, LLC is inching closer to being three years old. Given that this is my Sixth (gulp) company since 2010, I am careful with how everything transpires (read further about my path here). This includes the hiring processes, the type of work that we do and...
by John W. Olson | Nov 14, 2021 | Business, Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Landscape Architecture, Urbanism
The holidays are coming and today, I reflect back on the past two years of Urban Landscapes. Urban Landscapes, LLC was technically created as a business December 1, 2019. The idea and even somewhat of the name of the company has been in place since March, 2010. In the...
by John W. Olson | Feb 12, 2017 | Business
There has been too much ado lately regarding safety sizing the streets in Colorado Springs — removing lanes from roads downtown to create bike lanes, slow traffic and decrease congestion. Our city has been condemned to wasting money on infrastructure for decades —...
by John W. Olson | Aug 13, 2013 | Business
The following post was written over three years ago today. As school starts back up across the nation, it is important to consider how our kids get to school. Safety has to always come first as a parent, but the hidden safety factor of our children’s health must...
by John W. Olson | May 16, 2012 | Business
I hope that you enjoy the following Tweets from the past 3 weeks. I apologize that they took so long this year, I wanted to get the CNU tweets included in this post. #CNU21 will be in Salt Lake City one year from now, at which I full plan to attend… Ideally via...
by John W. Olson | Nov 28, 2010 | Business
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I decided to try out the latest version of Photoshop CS5. Through my experimentation with this software, I was made aware of their latest feature called ‘Content Aware’. The ‘Content Aware’ feature allows the...
