Category Archives: Policy
City of Burwell Adopts Comprehensive Plan, Zoning and Subdivision Regulations
At their public hearing on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, the City of Burwell, Nebraska, City Council adopted the new Burwell, Nebraska, Comprehensive Plan, as well as a new Zoning Ordinance, Official Zoning Map, and Subdivision Regulations, as recommended by the … Continue reading
Killed By A Traffic Engineer: Billboards
“A few years ago, the Colorado Department of Transportation placed an advertising billboard high over Colfax Avenue in Denver reminding drivers to keep their eyes on the road, something that would be impossible to do while also looking at the … Continue reading
AN APPROACH NOT A SOLUTION: Escaping the Housing Trapāa Strong Towns Response
āAt Strong Towns, we push back on the concept of a āsolution.ā There is no solution to the housing trap we find ourselves inā¦ itās always been an approachā¦ People need to be able to try things, to respond to … Continue reading
Aztec, New Mexico, Comprehensive Plan
The City of Aztec and Consensus Planning hosted an online Public Meeting, July 30, 2020, for the Aztec Comprehensive Plan Update project. I worked in Aztec, New Mexico, on a temporary basis before I moved up to Pagosa Springs a … Continue reading
Colorado is Growing
PAGOSA SPRINGSāMore people moved into Colorado last year than moved out, continuing the Stateās trend of population growth. In 2018, approximately 239,000 people were attracted to Colorado and just over 203,000 people left, for a net gain of about 36,000, … Continue reading
ICYMI – The Diary of Pvt. Orrin Brown 1864-1865
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, I blogged the diary of my ancestor Pvt. Orrin Brown, Co. E, 14th Michigan Infantry, who marched through Georgia and the Carolinas with General Sherman. It remains some of … Continue reading
Strategic DoingāPutting Good Plans to Work
We all hove done strategic planning. Now itās time to try strategic doing. Ed Morrison is founder of the Purdue Agile Strategy Lab. A one-time economic development consultant, like many of us one day Ed found himself in a public … Continue reading
The Martyr Richard Woodman
Martyr: 1: a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion. 2: a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle. It is difficult … Continue reading
The 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month
At the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the year of our Lord 1918, an Armistice came into effect ending open hostilities in the War to End all Wars. The peace took … Continue reading
A Love Story for the Animas River
I remember the Orange Tang of the Animas River running through Durango, Colorado, and on down to Farmington, New Mexico, in August 2015. Where normally kayakers and fly fishermen joust with tubers, the river coursed with the mineral runoff of … Continue reading
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