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 | Apr 26, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
Colorado Springs currently has a feasibility study in the works for a streetcar system. This is a privately funded study to determine whether or not a streetcar system is feasible in and around downtown Colorado Springs. At the last meeting over a month ago,...
by John W. Olson | Apr 22, 2010 | Landscape Architecture
During my employment at Thomas & Thomas, I had the incredible opportunity to complete construction documents for a prominent social area of Medinah Country Club in Chicago, Illinois. This project was a dream project for someone interested in golf and with the...
by John W. Olson | Apr 21, 2010 | Urban Planning and Design
I have recently faced an issue that I see becoming a common issue as the golf industry continues to decline and the costs and availability of water continues to decrease. That issue is what to do with the excess number of golf courses that our country accumulated...
by John W. Olson | Apr 19, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Urban Planning and Design
Too often, written documents, or master plans tend to accumulate dust without being implemented. This can be a very frustrating process for the both the governing entity who commissions the master plan process and for the consultant who writes the master plan. I have...