Beyond the usual suspects

by | Feb 22, 2007 | Urban Compass

The Urban Land Institute sure has kept us waiting. Initially expected to release its detailed written recommendations 90 days after a panel’s late September visit—which would put it right at the holidays—the ULI pushed the release back to early...

Feeling lukewarm

by | Feb 23, 2007 | Urban Compass

While the city adjusts to the firing ousting resignation of mayoral chief of staff Michele Webber late yesterday, in a fiasco initially reported by ABC40, and now picked up by the Associated Press and spreading across the wires, I’m reflecting on an editorial in...

Reader input on neighborhoods and engagement

by | Feb 26, 2007 | Urban Compass

Urban Compass reader Chris Eaton, who lives in Lexington after several years in the Pacific northwest, and is the consultant behind Springfield’s zoning ordinance revision project, wrote to share some ideas about neighborhood empowerment stemming from work in...

New city Web site

by | Feb 26, 2007 | Urban Compass

If you’re a crazy Web surfing addict like me, you may have noticed over the weekend that the Springfield city Web site was down on Saturday for maintenance. You may also have noticed that it’s new and improved, with a sophisticated content management...