Publications

October 2013, EcoCity
"Reshaping Cities 2+" - Detailed "chapter" on the importance of families being in the city with an introduction to family friendly city scorecards

October 2013, Urban Planning and Economic Development Magazine - Issue 8
"Go BIG: Improving Suburbs" - Overview of Family Friendly City Scorecard with examples from Portland suburbs and Littleton, Level II Scorecard example, Regional mapping; Toolkit: LSVs, Housing, Local Food

July 2013, Urban Planning and Economic Development Magazine - Issue 7
"Go BIG!! Transpotation: A Larger and More Profitable TOD" - Having bike and LSV sharing/rental stations at every transit location ... a "last mile" of travel topic
Also published in the Journal of City Development (Nov. 2013)

April 2013, Urban Planning and Economic Development Magazine - Issue 6
"Go Big: Family Friendly Cities: Scorecard Ranking for Top 50 Largest U.S. Cities" - Overview of the family-friendly City Scorecard and results for 50 U.S. cities
Also published in the Journal of City Development (July 2013)

Mar. 2013, Journal of City Development online magazine
"Roofs as Economic Generators" - Promoting better use of rooftop space
"Go Big: Housing Families with Children and Older Adults" - Promoting multigenerational neighborhoods

Jan. 2013 Urban Planning and Economic Development Magazine - Issue 5
Two of our articles on in this issue:
"Go Big" - Introduction to our Go Big series for family friendly cities
"Sustainable City Services - Go Big ideas for using housing stock to achieve a constant average household size making it easier for the city to provide the needed services

August 2012, APA Colorado 2012 Q3 Newsletter
"Charging Up Your City" - Electric charging stations and LSVs (Low Speed Vehicles)

Conference Presentations

Colorado Sustainability Conference, November 2013
Title: "Affordable Communities: Emerging Housing Trends to Increase Social Sustainability"
Conference Slides(3.5M)

International Making Cities Livable, June 2013
Title: "Improving Suburbs for All Ages: Scorecard and Toolkit"
Conference Slides(3.5M)

Spring Transportation Symposium, April 2013
Title: "MOD: A More User-Friendly and Profitable TOD"
Conference Slides(2.2M)

APA Colorado Conference Oct. 2012
Title: "Babies to Boomers: Assessment Tools to Create Livable, Sustainable communities for All Ages"
Conference Slides(4.4M)

Downtown Colorado Inc. Conference Sept. 2012
Title: "Sustainability Toolkit for Family-Friendly Cities"
Conference Slides(11.6M)

Ecocity World Summit Conference Aug. 2011
Title: "Reshaping Cities 2+"
Conference Slides(4.1M)