by John W. Olson | Jul 20, 2010 | Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
In South Main, I noticed one of the greatest transitions along the transect that I have seen. Too often, the transition from attached homes, mixed-use commercial and live/work units to detached single-family is implemented awkwardly in new neighborhoods and...
by John W. Olson | Jul 6, 2010 | Town Planning, Urbanism
I spent the majority of last week in South Main, a neo-traditional neighborhood in Buena Vista, Colorado. South Main now offers vacation rentals in the neighborhood, which my family and I thoroughly enjoyed. It was fantastic stay in the neighborhood with hours and...
by John W. Olson | Jun 11, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Landscape Architecture, Urbanism
On Wednesday, I wrote a blog on edge restraints (Landscape Edging: Which Variety Should I Use?) and some of the positives and negatives associated with them. In this blog post, I am going to relate the types of edge restraints to locations in which they would/should...
by John W. Olson | Jun 5, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Thursday evening of this past week, I gave a presentation on new urbanism at Colorado College. The following is the prepared presentation: CNU-Colorado Presentation PDF Good evening, my name is John Olson. I am the Treasurer and Co-Founder of CNU Colorado. In...
by John W. Olson | May 14, 2010 | Landscape Architecture, Urbanism
I want to introduce you to the Light Imprint Initiative. To my knowledge, Light Imprint (LI) was established shortly after Low Impact Development (LID) started to become a buzz word. I was introduced to the Light Imprint Initiative at CNU Austin in 2008, but I know...