Archive for the 'planning' Category
ULI Advisory Services Panel Report on the Houston Region
Closed Published by Jay July 11th, 2008 on ProcessULI - Houston hosted a lunch on Thursday, July 10, 2008 to present a new report that “proposes that the Houston Region embrace a “new paradigm” for defining and thinking about its future in a 21st-century global economy” to a sellout crowd at the Westin Galleria.
Houstonians for Responsible Growth have posted video of the four speakers from the Land Use Forum which we cosponsored.
The Land Use Forum that we cosponsored Tuesday, February 26 was a great success with over 500 people in attendance and many people from all sides of the planning debate said it was a good constructive discussion of Houston’s future.
City of Houston has begun a process to produce a “Houston-style” general plan
The outside agitators brought in to fight against the citizen movement toward planning in the City of Houston just had a field day with parallel opinion pieces arguing against planning, but did they miss the mark?
Road activist Cox join’s Lanier’s anti-planning team
Closed Published by David January 11th, 2008 on ProcessA leading anti-transit activist has joined the fight against planning in Houston
Former Houston Mayor joins effort to stop City planning
Family-friendly, Bill White, winning cities, NIMBYs, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis November 29th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesCatching up again on some smaller misc items:Joel Kotkin in the Wall Street Journal on the rise of family-friendly cities vs. “cool, hip” cities.”…an analysis of migration data by my colleagues at the Praxis Strategy Group shows that the strongest …
IAH, deconstructing rail, planning probs, Kotkin, NYC car boom
Closed Published by Tory Gattis November 8th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesThe second half of this week’s list of smaller miscellaneous items:Joel Kotkin in, of all places, Details magazine, “Is it time to move to the suburbs?” - “Homogeneous cities are making the cul de sac the new downtown. PLUS: Our guide to the hippest …
Form-based code is the answer to Houston’s urban/suburban friction, and we already have form-based code (albeit a truly ugly version)