Category: Planning – Page 23

Smart growth shopping: Choosing a city stroller

Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:16 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Yesterday, I (meaning my husband, 8 month-old son, and me) went stroller shopping. Somehow our physical space constraints and our commuting patterns seem to figure into just about everything we […]

MAPC’s Best of 2012

Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:24 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

As we say goodbye to 2012 (and get ready to celebrate our 50th anniversary in 2013), we’re reflecting on some of our greatest accomplishments and milestones from the past year. […]

Bringing holiday cheer to Stoughton business owners

Posted on December 21, 2012 at 5:33 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Yesterday I spent the afternoon walking around Stoughton Center, popping into different local businesses to meet the owners and encourage them to come to a business breakfast on January 25, […]

Learning cluster discussions: Sustainable Communities Consortium Meeting, Fall 2012

Posted on December 10, 2012 at 1:45 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Planning and Preserving Urban Green Infrastructure This session featured a number of innovative projects, with goals ranging from increased access to fresh foods to improving water quality, neighborhood livability, and […]

Finding the right words: Community engagement in Quincy

Posted on December 3, 2012 at 11:24 am. Written by Amanda Linehan

Last Thursday evening, MAPC and the City of Quincy hosted a meeting with residents, property owners, and business owners in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy to talk about a vision for […]

Transportation World In Crisis?

Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:56 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

If you’ve heard a lot about the federal government’s new two-year transportation funding program but aren’t sure what it means for Massachusetts, Transportation for America is here to translate this […]

MAPC Book Club

Posted on July 16, 2012 at 10:39 am. Written by Amanda Linehan

Parking lots are a mainstay of the 21st century city. With an estimated 600,000,000 passenger cars worldwide and 500,000,000 parking spaces in the US alone, lots take up huge amounts […]

Play it to PlanIt: Online gaming meets community planning in NoQuWo

Posted on May 2, 2012 at 12:34 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

North Quincy & Wollaston (NoQuWo) area residents can sign up now to play NoQuWo: Neighborhoods on the move, the online game that will help plan the future of their community. This […]

Planner jargon de-coded: What is a Megapolitan?

Posted on April 10, 2012 at 3:55 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

The concept of megapolitans in the U.S. is the subject of a new book and has cropped up recently in articles about the future of planning. What do they mean by […]

MetroFuture Walks & Talks: Tour of Drumlin Farm

Posted on April 4, 2012 at 1:02 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

On April 26th Friday,August 3, 2012, the MetroFuture Walks & Talks program will visit Drumlin Farm, an active local farm in Lincoln, Massachusetts. We will get a chance to explore […]