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 | Jul 27, 2010 | Landscape Architecture
Previously, I wrote blog posts about a landscape retrofit in Spring Creek, a southern Colorado TND. The issue that was presented along the Spring Creek Townhomes was the presence of large plantings located in narrow spaces. Some of the areas, such as the location in...
by John W. Olson | May 19, 2010 | Business, Landscape Architecture
As I have mentioned before in the post, HOA Landscape Retrofit , I am working on retrofitting the plantings along the fronts of several townhouses in Spring Creek. I have finished the planting palette and location of the proposed planting and the plantings are now...
by John W. Olson | May 2, 2010 | Landscape Architecture
I have revised the plans again for the Spring Creek Community Garden. We turned the garden plots 90 degrees and opened up some of the “aisles” more to allow for larger equipment to come through if need be. Prior post about the Spring Creek Community...