by John W. Olson | May 20, 2011 | Events, Landscape Architecture, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
We are coming up on only one more week until the Congress for the New Urbanism’s annual conference. This year, it is held in Madison, Wisconsin and I could not be anymore excited for CNU this year. Unfortunately, I was unable to make it to Atlanta for last...
by John W. Olson | Mar 19, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Events, Landscape Architecture, Streetscapes, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
My involvement with CNU Colorado (Congress for the New Urbanism, Colorado) over the past five years has allowed me the opportunity to assemble and coordinate many events. This winter/spring, I am coordinating together the biggest and best of the events that I have...
by John W. Olson | Sep 8, 2010 | Urbanism
In late June, CNU Colorado, USGBC SoCo, Bike Colorado Springs, AIA Colorado and APA Colorado co-hosted a sustainability bike tour in Colorado Springs. Recently, the staff at the city of Colorado Springs updated their website to include photos from the tour as well as...
by John W. Olson | Sep 7, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
In a partnership with the Colorado chapters of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), I have volunteered to take on the task of identifying recently developed neighborhoods that may qualify for LEED-Neighborhood...
by John W. Olson | Jun 16, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Town Planning, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
There is a lot of talk today about retrofitting the abandoned properties in suburbia lately. The majority of the conversation is shifted toward large abandoned shopping centers and other large abandoned tracts of land. These are the easiest areas to fix due to the...
