by John W. Olson | Jun 23, 2023 | Streetscapes, Urban Interventions, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
It’s a new day for Colorado Springs. Mayor Yemi Mobolade has taken office, filling the big shoes of Mayor John Suthers. Mayor Suthers has lifted our City to great heights in the past eight years, for which I am incredibly grateful. While I’m excited for what the...
by John W. Olson | Apr 7, 2023 | Car Free, Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design
The car free in Colorado Springs experiment has successfully concluded (beginning of March). The hypothesis, that our city is not walkable, was accurate. We are still an automobile dependent community. Even in a location efficient community where I work five blocks...
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 20, 2021 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Streetscapes, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
Old Colorado CIty (OCC) boasts wonderful brick buildings along Colorado Avenue and has the City’s highest concentration of Victorian Homes. It is a neighborhood in Colorado Springs rich with history. “Colorado City,” as it was once known, actually...
by John W. Olson | Mar 7, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Landscape Architecture, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Olson Planning & Urban Landscapes celebrated one year of business this past week. It has been a tremendous year and great strides have been made in building a foundation of business for several years to come. I have been asked over this past year on a few...
