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Dispatches from Seattle; The 2015 American Planning Association National Conference in Review #apa15

Saturday, April 18 Seattle Sustainable Neighborhoods Assessment Project This was the first session of the conference that really impressed me.  Peter Steinbrueck and Michaela Winter from Steinbrueck Urban Strategies, reviewed a project the City of Seattle had commissioned as part…

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Brice – Tussing (Columbus) Market Analysis

In the summer of 2014, the City of Columbus engaged a group of visionaries led by Pete DiSalvo and DiSalvo Development Advisors (DDA), to conduct a market analysis of the Brice-Tussing neighborhood.  In addition to DDA, the consulting team consisted…

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Visualizing West Franklinton Community Input

We’ve mentioned it before, but Urban Decision Group has been working with a lot of great firms on the West Franklinton Comprehensive Plan.  The West Franklinton project is currently in Phase II, meaning the project team is hard at work…

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The Plan for West Franklinton

In the fall of 2013, the City of Columbus, Ohio, engaged a motivated team of urban planning consultants, a market analyst and a public engagement specialist, to provide a comprehensive plan for West Franklinton, Columbus, Ohio.  Urban Decision Group, along…

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Mistakes Planners Make when Creating Retail Districts

* The following excerpt appeared originally in the March 2012 issue of Planning magazine; published by the American Planning Association. “Creating successful urban retail districts is a goal of planners and community leaders alike. But as Robert J. Gibbs points…

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The BEST way to construct a Market Area boundary

Establishing good market boundaries is crucial to a solid market analysis, but not all market areas (also referred to as trade areas) are created equal. Of course physical barriers–both natural and man-made–affect boundaries and market area delineation, but market areas…

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The right way to talk about urban restoration in downtown Columbus.

Yesterday I had the privilege of attending a project presentation and discussion hosted by UDG intern Devin Carothers and his classmates Andrew Dodson and Danny Yontz at Mouton.  Their project, Wall St. Alley, Columbus, OH: An Urban Restoration, garnered an honorable…

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