Why do we live where we live and how we live? Why are our communities, our towns and cities, shaped the way they are? What might the future hold in store? What forces are shaping them–and how could these forces be altered or re-directed? What are some different visions for the future of our communities? What’s your vision of what it takes to be a really good community, a good town or city to live in, a good place to call “home”? Shaping Our Towns & Cities is an extended discussion project that will explore questions like these–and will develop different possible ways our society might respond to them.
We often tend to think of the development of our communities, of our towns and cities, as something that just happens. It’s just the way things are. Or we think of these decisions about land use, about housing and workplace development, about transportation and roadways, about the development of industrial or shopping space, as decisions that are too complex for us as average citizens. Yet these decisions literally hit us where we live. They affect what we think of as “home” and how we are able to live our lives. These are public policy choices that will impact our pocketbooks and our quality of life.
This Project Discussion is in the recruitment stage. You can find out more about this project at the separate blog for it that Jeff Prudhomme has set up and moderates.
Shaping Our Towns & Cities
Project Manager – Jeff Prudhomme
Why do we live where we live and how we live? Why are our communities, our towns and cities, shaped the way they are? What might the future hold in store? What forces are shaping them–and how could these forces be altered or re-directed? What are some different visions for the future of our communities? What’s your vision of what it takes to be a really good community, a good town or city to live in, a good place to call “home”? Shaping Our Towns & Cities is an extended discussion project that will explore questions like these–and will develop different possible ways our society might respond to them.
We often tend to think of the development of our communities, of our towns and cities, as something that just happens. It’s just the way things are. Or we think of these decisions about land use, about housing and workplace development, about transportation and roadways, about the development of industrial or shopping space, as decisions that are too complex for us as average citizens. Yet these decisions literally hit us where we live. They affect what we think of as “home” and how we are able to live our lives. These are public policy choices that will impact our pocketbooks and our quality of life.
This Project Discussion is in the recruitment stage. You can find out more about this project at the separate blog for it that Jeff Prudhomme has set up and moderates.