Tag: smart growth
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Part I: More Housing Choices Are Coming to Ferndale
Housing for All Ferndalians & Income Levels This is a two part blog post on the development growth spurt and new housing in Ferndale. In Part One: I explore why new housing projects help the city address housing needs for everyone. In Part Two: I discuss city initiatives to create inclusive housing policies, and responding […]
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Age Friendly Ferndale
How livable is Ferndale? A couple Sundays ago, I asked myself that question while reading an article in the American Planning Association journal about the AARP Livability Index. Sipping my coffee with my journal in one hand and my laptop next to me on the couch, I was very curious about the Index measures and […]
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Citizen involvement shaping growth and development
Communities have been in transition from the typical car-focused development known as urban sprawl to smart growth or compact, higher-density development that is now known as the preferred way to grow an urban downtown. New development projects that include retail space, new housing and office space needs to be easy to walk to, close to transit, increase […]