blog | the planning group http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/ en Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:13:59 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sandvox 2.5.4 Productive Landscapes http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/productive-landscapes.html <div class="article-summary"><p>From corporate campuses to residential lawns, springtime finds maintenance companies and homeowners doing extensive …</p></div> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:00:13 -0600 http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/productive-landscapes.html Multi-modal streets http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/multi-modal-streets.html <div class="article-summary"><p>The success of urban mixed-use projects depends, in part, on developing multi-modal streets to support the quality …</p></div> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:56:51 -0600 http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/multi-modal-streets.html Tactical Urbanism http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/tactical-urbanism.html <div class="article-summary"><p>There is a new publication available through the CNU website (cnu.org) that talks about tactical urbanism, which can …</p></div> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:29:41 -0600 http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/tactical-urbanism.html Urban Design and Rain Gardens http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/urban-design-and-rain-garde.html <div class="article-summary"><p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">The phrase "The devil is in the details" has been attributed, most notably, to Mies van der Rohe.  What this is getting …</span></p></div> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:49:16 -0700 http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/urban-design-and-rain-garde.html Urban Agriculture Builds Community http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/urban-agriculture-builds.html <div class="article-summary"><p><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Georgia;">We are advocates for local food production.  It is a key component of sustainability, and is one of the best ways …</span></p></div> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:20:40 -0700 http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/urban-agriculture-builds.html Remember the Third Place http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/remember-the-third-place.html <div class="article-summary"><p style="font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(1, 0, 2); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">“</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px;">The Third Place” is a term Ray Oldenburg coined in his book, The Great Good Place. The “first place” is the home, …</span></p></div> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:48:37 -0700 http://www.planninggroup.co/blog/remember-the-third-place.html