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Very interesting article in today’s Dispatch about a new study being conducted in the historic area of Dublin. The study will assess the possibility of redeveloping the location into a more modern “Downtown”, complete with new urban residences and pedestrian-friendly… [Read More]
ColumbusHomesBlog.com wrote Start Walking – Stop Sprawling – 5 Ways Cities Can Become More Walkable October 6th, 2008 by Joe Peffer “Properties in walkable communities tend to command the highest prices, anywhere from 40-200 percent more than drivable single-family housing.” … [Read More]
drivescore.fizber.com wrote What is Drive Score? Drive Score shows a map of what establishments are in a property’s neighborhood and calculates a Drive Score based on the number of places within a convenient driving distance. With Drive Score, buyers can… [Read More]
XING Columbus wrote Columbus Ranked 27th Most Walkable City July 26, 2008 by johnwirtz If you’ve never been to WalkScore.com, it’s a pretty cool site that allows you to input an address and get a walkability score out of 100…. [Read More]
The Dispatch wrote Grandview’s neighbors hope ‘walkability’ shapes new plan Monday, December 24, 2007 BY MARK FERENCHIK First, CVS put a pharmacy on W. 5th Avenue just north of Grandview Heights. Next, a Walgreens is going up at W. 5th… [Read More]
cnn.com wrote Metropolitan areas ranked for walkability Tue December 4, 2007 Young professionals are driving a national trend toward more walkable communities, says the author of a report to be released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution. The report ranks the… [Read More]
Saw this on digg yesterday, and figured folks here might be interested. It’s a really nice little Google Maps mashup that finds the closest local schools, shops, restaurants, etc, & calculates how far away they are, totaling everything up to… [Read More]
Does Sprawl Make Us Fat? “A Science News article talks about the relationship between city design and health. New cross-disciplinary research is exploring whether urban sprawl makes us soft, or whether people who don’t like to exercise move to the… [Read More]
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