Our staff comes across numerous articles each month that reflect current and trending planning practices, development patterns, and more. With each newsletter, we try to highlight a few that have made our wheels turn, with the hopes you might find them interesting or inspiring as well. Here’s the roundup:
Research Points to Walking – So many of us spend countless hours sitting in an uncomfortable chair and staring at a screen. All day. How does this affect our health? Is there a way to combat this sedentary lifestyle? Indeed!
This Small Town is Surprisingly Urban – Brattleboro is a town of 12,184 in southeastern Vermont. Its well-preserved historic downtown—full of vibrant shops, restaurants, and second-story retail and office space—is kept thriving thanks to the Brattleboro Downtown Alliance, as well as the town’s active chamber of commerce. Brattleboro sports not only walkable neighborhoods around its downtown, but also has beautiful nature and farms within 5 miles of downtown. Perhaps most important of all, the town’s strong sense of resilience has encouraged its residents to build partnerships in order to tackle difficult problems.
Should We Move the Curb??? – When reconstructing the street or even with repaving, should we consider moving the curb? Why would we even consider it? There are some legit reasons why it might just be a good idea.
Can Pickleball Save Shopping Malls? – This is one of those interesting finds, but something worth considering! Especially in our age of online shopping and pickleball mania.