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Building on Strengths

Posted by: Tim Halbur

4 October 2010 - 1:00pm

In Lowell, Massachusetts, planner Jeff Speck painted a picture for locals of a transformed city that capitalizes on the strengths of the city to move forward with a greater vision.

Speck took the unusual step of moving to the town with his family to develop the plan over 8 months.

In this editorial, The Lowell Sun team is effusive about Speck's vision:

"Speck's drama unfolded from the simple and inexpensive ways to transform the city -- painting bicycle paths onto the city's widest streets -- to the sublime -- a $100 million waterfront project that would be the envy of any similar-sized city in America."

The Sun says that although the project is ambitious, it is broken down into long-, medium- and short-range plans.

Full Story: Sound plan, sweet dreams
Source: The Lowell Sun, October 4, 2010
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What the Census will not include is the long-form questions that have, since 1940, asked one-sixth of American households to reveal fine details about their lives. The long form was scrapped following the 2000 Census, so planners who are accustomed to relying on detailed, nuanced Census data to analyze and plan their communities may not get the detail that they expect.
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