Author: Owen Lingerfelt

Enjoying my journey of researching all things related to urban planning. I am thinking to expand my knowledge, I will take some online classes to learn more about urban planning, construction and real estate. So far, I have found these classes and have added them to my list. I am excited to get started –

I was doing research on Urban Planning groups and associations. I found two that were interesting. I am going to continue my search and let you know if I find any additional ones that I would recommend!

I was doing some research on the fires in Los Angeles and what contributed to the start and / or spread of these fires. It is devasting how many homes have been lost and how many people have been affected. I read that sometimes the way a city or town is designed can make the…

CDFI Helps Families Rebuild in the Wake of Disaster In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, I was doing research on how the funding will happen to pay for all of the rebuilding needed. This article shares how “Emergency loan funds from CDFIs can play a crucial role in helping low-income communities get back…

How cities are reinventing the public-private partnership − 4 lessons from around the globe I was doing research on how cities pay for development and came across this article about public-private partnerships. These are “…an emerging trend with local governments engaged in private-sector collaborations – what we have come to describe as “community-centered, public-private partnerships,”…

Today I spent some time reading about sustainability and the role it can play in the design of cities and towns. It was interesting to read that “Cities account for more than 70% of global energy-related CO2 emissions and an estimated 50% of global waste, and are home to nearly half of the world’s population.”  Cities…

I was doing research today on “what really is urban planning” to understand depth and scope of the planning of towns and cities This video does a great job explaining it

Great article on how AI has been used by local governments. This author researched 170 communities for in this article to see how AI was integrated into the design and implementation of their communities. For example – “Logan City in Australia has implemented a real-time AI system that keeps drivers informed where parking is available,…