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 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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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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In my mind, one of the best things by far in any city is the opportunity to eat a variety of tasty and creative food. Of course, awesome food exists wherever there are humans, but there’s something special about bringing…
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I was alone in my car last Friday when I found out that the earth’s atmosphere now boasts the highest concentration of carbon dioxide in over a million years. How apropros is that? Alone. In my car. Idling in downtown…
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Over the past few weeks there’s been a bit of buzz over Franklin edging out Delaware for the title of Ohio’s fastest growing county. Franklin County has consistently grown for years–a rarity for Ohio as a whole and Midwestern urban…
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We’re pretty big on combining web-based tools with traditional planning practices at Urban Decision Group. In fact, we kind of think it’s a big deal. So much so that Rick Stein took something of a mini speaking tour across the…
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Uninsured Children in America In 2008, the American Community Survey (ACS) began surveying the U.S. population on the subject of health insurance coverage. To date, the most complete data set available is the 2008-2010 3 year ACS which excludes counties…
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This week is the anniversary of one of the worst tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. On April 3-4, 1974, at least 148 tornadoes roared across the United States. Since then, this has been eclipsed by only the May 21-26, 2011 tornado outbreak….
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It’s been over a year since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. It was a dark reminder that man-made disasters are sometimes harder to manage because there is often little warning. It is therefore critical that the population within the…
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