Nov 12, 2019 | Education, Neighborhoods, Urbanism
Commissioner of City of Atlanta Planning and Development Tim Keane will speak at the Savannah Urbanism Series lecture Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. at Congregation Mickve Israel, 20 E Gordon St. Prior to his position in Atlanta, Keane spent 11 years running the City of...
Feb 11, 2018 | Blog, Economics, Education, Lean Urbanism, Neighborhoods, Urbanism, Walking
by Kevin Klinkenberg | Executive Director | Savannah Development and Renewal Authority A look back on just how much the Savannah Development and Renewal Authority (SDRA) accomplished in four years as an active city Authority. When I was appointed Executive Director in...
Oct 3, 2017 | Blog, Urbanism
The Savannah Urbanism Series will welcome guest speaker Hank Dittmar, a renowned urban designer and expert on city resilience and transit, advising governments, companies and communities across the world of strategies for the Urban Century. The free Savannah Urbanism...
Sep 20, 2017 | Blog, Urbanism
The design of our streets and public rights of way is a never-ending challenge. From the perspective of a redevelopment agency, street design and public space design are paramount. The choices we make for our public spaces have far-reaching ramifications for public...
Jul 26, 2017 | Blog, Urbanism
Our understanding of development for years has fallen into two basic categories: there are old cities that have downtowns and historic neighborhoods, and there is modern suburban development with its subdivisions, office parks and retail centers. So, when someone...
Jul 16, 2017 | Neighborhoods, Urbanism
It seems strange to most people that the idea of removing infrastructure could ever be a good thing. But in many cities, that’s exactly the case. Our excitement to build freeways in the 1950’s and beyond led us to build far more highway and road infrastructure than we...