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German Model City - Hamburg

A short review, it was started by two brothers as a place to show their hobby began to grow by leaps & bounds. Soon they were joined by other 'Model Railroad Clubs' and other craftsmen. Some were electricians, model makers, carpenters, computer programmers. 

Over 400,000 man hours were spent making this dream come true.
 
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Singapore has built a huge, eco-friendly Supertree Grove


Singapore has built a huge, eco-friendly "Supertree Grove," made up of unique tree-shaped structures, up to 16 stories high, that collect rain and solar energy, absorb heat and provide shade to visitors and residents. The city is so green-focused that it's committed to zero waste in landfills by the middle of this century, and it was also the first to introduce the congestion charge. Traffic can get so bad that the city introduced a network of real-time cameras, sensors and GPS to track traffic and predict where jams will be, charging drivers more in that area. But don't think that Singapore has forgotten about pedestrians -- the disabled and elderly are given smart RFID (radio-frequency identification) cards which extend crossing times at traffic lights.


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Biker Bar


I was there last night. 

We closed the place and went home at Sarasota Midnight. (930 pm)
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What to Do With a Dying Neighborhood

Covington, Georgia, decided not to let a half-completed development sit empty. But the city's solution has been both praised and vilified by observers.

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    COVINGTON, Ga.—There are hundreds of stories of failed subdivisions left empty by the housing bust, where homeowners are stuck staring into vacant lots of PVC pipes and weeds. There are very few stories where a half-finished development has been saved from ruin.

    The rescue of one such development, by the city in which it is located, is being heralded as a potential solution to some of the worst mistakes of the housing crisis. The local newspaper, the Covington News, praised the project, writing that “a community has been brought back from the dead.”

    That Covington, a city 35 miles east of Atlanta, did anything at all is unusual, said Ellen Dunham-Jones, an architect and urban-design professor at Georgia Tech who has a chapter on the subdivision, Walker’s Bend, in a forthcoming book, Retrofitting Sprawl.

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    Chicago Metro Section of the American Planning Association



    Announcements ● Executive Committee ● Event Presentations




     

    Announcements

    • PLANNERS TOOLKIT: TWO-SESSION WORKSHOP - Freehand Drawing & Visualization Skills for Planners and Design Professionals 

      Session #1: Thursday, January 22, 2015, 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm
      Session #2: Thursday, February 12, 2015, 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm

      CMAP, 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago IL

      Bruce Bondy of Bondy Studio, Northbrook, IL, is an Architectural Illustrator with over 25 years experience. He specializes in freehand drawing and rendering techniques. Bruce specializes in charrette drawing, working alongside clients to help develop design ideas into presentation sketches and renderings. This two-session workshop is designed to help planners and emerging designers develop and communicate their ideas comfortably and effectively using freehand drawing skills. This will be a very hands-on workshop. Participants will be drawing in various exercises with immediate coaching feedback from Bruce. Seating will be limited to 25 participants per session. Although not required, it is recommended that participants register for both sessions. To RSVP, please email cms@ilapa.org by January 20th.
       
    • CMS Annual Networking and Mentoring Event, February 2015
       
    • If you are not receiving CMS announcements or event information via e-mail, visit our FAQ.


    Executive Committee


     

    President
    James Testin, AICP
    City of Park Ridge
    (phone) 847-318-5296
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     Vice-President
    Todd Vanadilok, AICP
    Teska Associates
    (phone) 312-577-7434
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    SecretaryBrittany Bagent
    Teska Associates
    (phone) 312-898-6738
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     TreasurerBrandon Nolin, AICP
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    Village of Oswego
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    CMS Event Presentations
    • September 10, 2014 - Chicago Union Station Master Plan: Looking to the Future
    • August 21, 2014 - Realizing Potential: Land Banks, Demolition & Planning for Vacant Land
    • July 29, 2014 - Chicago Zoning Reform: Tenth Anniversary PANEL DISCUSSION & RECEPTION
      • Photos from the event: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
    • June 17, 2014 APA-IL CMS Program: Future Suburban Industrial & Business Parks
      • “Future Suburban Industrial & Business Parks” – Geoffrey Dickinson, AICP, SB Friedman
      • “Modernizing Office & Industrial Zoning” – Arista Strungys, Principal, Camiros
    • March 12, 2014 CMS Program: What Planners Do? Revisited
    • February 26, 2014 Annual Networking & Mentorship Event. 
    • February 18, 2014 CMS Program: Cool Communities – Setting your Town Apart
      • “Cool Communities” – Adam Rosa, AICP, Senior Associate, Camiros
      • “Recent Past Survey, Suburban Cook County” – Lisa DiChiera, Director of Advocacy, Landmarks Illinois
      • “CMAP Arts & Culture Toolkit” – Stephen Ostrander, AICP, Senior Planner, CMAP
    • January 22, 2014 CMS Program: Creating Expert RFPs
      • Creating Expert RFPs – Christina Bader, AICP, LEED AP, Associate Planner, Farr Associates
      • Creating Expert RFPs from the Public Perspective – Margaret McGrath, Grant & Contract Officer, CMAP
      • Responding to a RFP – Michael Blue, FAICP, Principal, Teska Associates, Inc.
    • Aug 20, 2013: Hazard Mitigation Planning in Response to Extreme Weather Events/Climate Change
      • Primary Impacts of Climate Change in the Chicago Region, Molly Woloszyn, Extension Climatologist, Midwest Regional Climate Center
      • FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation and Resiliency Planning, Rebecca Leitschuh and Ken Hinterlong, FEMA Region V; and Jaspreet Randhawa, CFM, CDM Smith
      • Hazard Mitigation, Sandy, and Climate Change, Jim Schwab, Researcher, APA
    • July 24, 2013 - Laying the Groundwork for Job Creating Industrial Development
      • Laying the Groundwork for Industrial Development, Vijay Gadde, AICP, Economic Development Director, Village of Oswego and Ivan Baker, CEcD, AICP Tinley Park Economic Development
      • Chicago Industrial Development, Luis Monterrubio, LEED AP, Chicago Dept. of Housing & Economic Development
    • June 11, 2013: Active Transportation: Planning & Implementing Real World Policies & Solutions
    • May 23, 2013: CMS Workshop: Making the "Big Idea" into a Viable Project
    • March 13, 2013: Working with Diverse Communities: Recognizing Community Diversity and Effectively Engaging Residents
    • Feb. 21, 2013: CMS Workshop: Tools for Creating and Preserving Affordable Housing,
    • November 16, 2012: APA-CMS Program Reinventing Aging Commercial Corridors
    • October 18, 2012: Sustainability: Planning Strategies and Implementation Examples
    • August 24th CMS Event: Bicycle Planning in the Chicago Region
    • July 26, 2012: Grassroots Planning: Working with Community Organizations from the Planning Stages to Implementation
    • June 21, 2012: Economic Development Toolkit: Pro Forma Basics, Negotiation Techniques, and the Pros & Cons of Special Events
      • Developing an Economic Development Incentive Policy, Government Finance Officers Association, Nicholas Greifer, Vice President, Kane, McKenna and Associates, Inc.
      • Minneapolis, MN Tax Increment Financing Policy
      • Negotiating Responsible Public Private Partnerships, Geoff Dickinson, AICP, SB Friedman
      • Community Festival Impact for St. Charles, IL, Amy Egolf, Executive Director, St. Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau and Lynne Schwartz, Executive Director, Downtown St. Charles Partnership
    • May 8, 2012: Community Involvement and Advocacy for Planners or “Tell me again – Why did I volunteer for this???”
    • March 21, 2012 CMS Workshop: Effective Engagement and Project Marketing Media-Minded Tools & Strategies
      • The Value of Sustainable Development in Data and Pictures by Stefanie Shull, Policy Analyst, Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
      • Promotional Tools & Strategies for communities, planners, developers by Mandy Burrell Booth, Communications Director, Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC)
    • February 21, 2012: CMS Annual Networking & Mentorship Event
    • January 27, 2012: Principles for Updated Your Zoning Map by Arista Strungys, AICP & Nikolas Davis, Camiros, LTD
    • Nov. 16, 2011: Law & Ethics Workshop by Eric Damian Kelly, JD, PhD, FAICP, Duncan Assoc. & Ball State University
    • Aug 24, 2011: Best Practices in Sustainability Planning
    • July 20, 2011: Making it Happen: Implementing Plans
    • May 17, 2011: Complete Streets
      • Making Complete Streets a Reality - The Hoffman Estates Experience, by Nathan Roseberry, P.E.,  Village of Hoffman Estates
    • March 25, 2011: Federal Legislation Supporting Local Planning
      • APA Legislative Program, by Jacques Gourguechon, AICP, Camiros
      • Federal Initiatives and Local Planning, by Jonathon Grosshans, AICP, LEED-AP, US EPA
      • GO TO 2040 and Federal Support for Local Planning, by Bob Dean, AICP, CMAP
      • Building Sustainable Communities, by Brian Gillen, Region V Sustainability Officer, US Dept. of HUD, Chicago
    • February 24, 2011: Outside the Box: A Historic Preservation Toolkit for Planning
    • November 10, 2010: Design Guidelines: Overcoming Barriers to Effective Place-Making:
      • Empowering Effective Place-making by Mahender Vasandani, President, M Square
      • Part 2. Developing Effective Design Guidelines by Doug Hammel, AICP, Senior Associate, Camiros, Ltd.
      • Municipal Design Review Network (“MDRN”) by John Hedrick, JD, Municipal Design Review Network/Chaddick Institute, Senior Advisor
    • August 12, 2010: A Planner's Toolbox: Creating Better Codes (3 presentations):
      • Rules for Better Zoning by John Houseal, AICP, Principal, Houseal Lavigne Associates
      • SIGN TOOL KIT FOR LOCAL AREA BUSINESSES by Afshan Hamid, Design Planner, Village of Arlington Heights
      • Landscape Codes by Keven Graham, ASLA, RLA, Principal / Director of Planning, Planning Resources, Inc.
    • May 21, 2010: "Planning in Shrinking Cities" (2 presentations):
      • Cleveland Experience by Philip Hanegraaf, AICP
      • Right Sizing by Jacques Gourguechon, AICP
    • July 2009: Greening Your Zoning Code by Arista Strungys, AICP
    • Feb. 19, 2009, "The ABCs of FBCs", (click on name for each presentation):
      • Mahender Vasandani, President, M Square
      • Jonathan Furr, Senior Counsel, Holland + Knight
      • Daniel Peterson, Village of Lake Zurich
      • Kristin Ihnchak, Farr Associates.
    • January 30, 2008
      • Integrating Market Analysis into the Planning Process, David J. Stamm, AICP, SB Friedman & Company
      • "Getting from here to there", The Importance of Residential Market Research in Community Planning, Erik A. Dorersching, Tracy Cross & Assoc.
      • Commercial Sector Analysis, Methods & Techniques, Jon DeVries, AICP, CRE, Jen McNeil Dhadwal, AICP, URS Corporation
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    The Urbanophile 2014 Year in Review
     

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    Happy New Year everybody! I’m back after the holiday with a look back at the previous year here at the Urbanophile. Thanks so much for your readership and support.
    As I mentioned, I’m going to be dialing back my posting frequency this year. To keep up without having to keep checking back to see if I’ve posted anything new, the best way is to subscribe by email (which includes exclusive content) or subscribe by RSS for those of you like me who prefer newsreaders.

    Here are some of the best pieces from the last year.
    January
    I make a major case that state economic development strategies should be metro-centric.

    February
    Michael Scott examines the overlooked potential of urban alleys.

    March
    Eric McAfee takes a visit to Wal-Mart’s hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas.

    April
    Over at New Geography, I examine the rise of the executive headquarters.

    May
    As more businesses move downtown than anywhere else I’ve seen, I ask if something is wrong with Chicago’s suburbs.

    June
    I talk about how Dallas is an an inflection point in its development trajectory, and that one thing it needs to address is its challenging pedestrian environment downtown.

    July
    I ask: do cities really want economic development?
    And I rake Rhode Island over the coals in City Journal for its failed economic policies. I also give a three part installment on how to fix it: part one, part two, and part three.

    August
    I take a look at how the small industrial city of Kokomo, Indiana is trying to reinvent itself.
    I also talk about how the loss of hometown banks and other operating businesses turned many cities from growth machines into decline machines.

    September
    I talk about my paradigm of the new donut.

    October
    Daniel Hertz shared some stunning maps of New York City segregation.

    November
    Pete Saunders talks about the three generations of black mayors in America.

    December
    Steve Eide uses Hollywood to explore the three ages of boss rule in American cities.
    These are but a few highlights. Check out the full archive of posts in my left sidebar.
    Again, thanks so much for reading. Have a great 2015!

     
     

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