Posts by Debra Karrat
Boy Scouts Build A Kiosk At The Summit Park Line
Eagle Scouts Create The Summit Park Line Path
Eagle Scout candidate Henry Lord, with the help of other scouts and scout leaders create the phase one path of the Summit Park Line Saturday, April 22nd by spreading gravel over the path to maintain it and prevent overgrowth. Scout masters Keith Halper and Terry Dwyer, Frank Friedel and other volunteers pitched-in, for the community effort. Phase one of the Park Line will make a linear park connection between Broad Street and Morris Ave with a view of the NYC skyline in the distance.
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David Burwell, who saw bike paths where trains once ran, passes away at 69
David Burwell, the co-founder and first president of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a Washington-based organization that has led nationwide efforts to convert thousands of miles of unused railroad corridors to trails and parklands, died Feb. 1 at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 69. He had complications from acute myeloid leukemia, said his wife, Irene Burwell. Inspired in part by his mother, who helped create an 11-mile bike trail on Cape Cod, Mass., Mr. Burwell was instrumental in building a national movement to preserve green space and to provide options for alternative modes of transportation. As thousands of miles
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Progress: The Park Line Starts To Come To Fruition
Gravel is added to Phase I of the Park Line trail.
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The first snow fall: View from the Park Line
Center For Active Design: The Importance Of Execution
Assembly: Shaping Space for Civic Life The Center for Active Design (CfAD) is leading a pioneering initiative to understand how place-based design informs a range of civic engagement outcomes: civic trust, participation in public life, stewardship of the public realm, and informed local voting. The findings will be translated into practical design strategies and disseminated in an upcoming publication known as Assembly: Shaping Space for Civic Life. Assembly will serve as a groundbreaking resource for city leaders and designers who seek to strengthen their communities by harnessing design to support civic life. This work is generously supported by the John
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How Did An Obese City Lose A Million Pounds?
February 6, 20158:44 AM ET Heard on TED Radio Hour About Mick Cornett’s TED Talk Mayor Mick Cornett realized that, to make Oklahoma City a great place to live, it had to become healthier and cope with gluttony. He explains step-by-step how the city dropped a collective million pounds. Read summary.
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How Cities Are Making Their Residents More Active
Planners of cities both large and small are working overtime to build the parks, trails, and bike paths to help residents be more active than ever. By: Andrew Tilin, October 26, 2016 Read article
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A Glorified Sidewalk, and the Path to Transform Atlanta
By RICHARD FAUSSET SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 ATLANTA — Could this traffic-clogged Southern city, long derided as the epitome of suburban sprawl, really be discovering its walkable, bike-friendly, density-embracing, streetcar-riding, human-scale soul? The answer is evident in the outpouring of affection that residents here have showered on the Atlanta BeltLine, which aims to convert 22 miles of mostly disused railway beds circling the city’s urban core into a biking and pedestrian loop, a new streetcar line, and a staggeringly ambitious engine of urban revitalization. Even though just a small fraction of the loop trail has been completed, Atlantans, in one
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