Urban Planning

Colorado is facing a housing crisis — there is just not enough of it to go around. As any economics textbook will tell you, when demand is high and supply is low, prices will inevitably rise. Across the state, that is exactly what is happening. The average price for a…

We are excited to present the 2021 Green Infrastructure Annual Report. The Report includes Green Infrastructure Program achievements through 2021, and provides a preview of what is planned for the future. …

Learning how to reclaim spaces through skateboarders — By Sarah Frosh, Education Assistant at The Index Project Last month, I went back to an area of South London I had lived in for many years. The urban transformation was undeniable in the area, a common and inevitable occurrence in cities worldwide. Despite feeling that my connection to this…

Hang out @Architecting the Metaverse Discord We are still at the dawn of the Metaverse, the next wave of the Internet. The current “mainstream” Metaverse platforms serve as experimental containers to host the wildest dreams of virtual worlds where we are supposed to unleash the imagination. However, from a spatial…

“One in eight people in the United States has been employed by McDonald’s. It is not only the most popular fast-food restaurant but the place where most Americans have worked.” What are they learning? Years ago when I was a student at soon to be defunct paralegal school (National Academy…

A BABLE Podcast Write-up — Missed the fourth episode of Smart in the City — the BABLE Podcast? Catch up here on key highlights of our conversation with Åsa Bjering to discuss the H22 City Expo event to come in Helsingborg, Sweden this summer. Helsingborg is not only one of the seven Swedish and 100…

The Black Urbanist Weekly for May 9-May 15, 2022 My personal parable from the Parable of the Sower Opera is faced with tough circumstances, our dreams and our songs will carry us through life and then will become a life force. This is an urbanist parable, because I’m not the only one going forward in the future in song and dream asking for a better container in which to do life. This is The Black Urbanist Weekly, an email newsletter that highlights the Black Queer Feminist Urbanist thoughts and commentary of me, Kristen Jeffers, internationally-known urban planner, designer, analyst, keynote speaker, media maven, and fiber artist. This week I’m going to begin…