Feb 23, 20172 min read
ADUs: Looking for Good Homes
UPDATE: The ATL ADU CO now has its own website! A complete design/build/deliver service, the ATL ADU CO offers several designs that meet...
Feb 3, 20172 min read
A Market Solution for Affordable Housing: ADUs
We have some exciting developments taking place at Kronberg Wall, and I mean that literally. We are flexing our development muscles as we...
Nov 7, 20168 min read
Affordable Housing: Not If, but How
Affordable housing is now and will continue to be an exceedingly important and challenging need for cities across the nation, and Atlanta...
Sep 26, 20165 min read
On Selling Missing Middle Housing to Communities
The Candler Park neighborhood in Atlanta features a popular one-block commercial node surrounded by mostly pre-WWII residential...
Aug 19, 20164 min read
Free Pizza!
A Pizzapolonian preparing pizza for the customers of his shoe store. Once upon a time, lawmakers in a magical land called Pizzapolis...
Aug 11, 20161 min read
Good Gracious! we sure do love the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition
Rebecca Serna, Executive Director of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, was featured on the latest Good Gracious Podcast. We are lucky enough...
Aug 5, 20161 min read
Code Hack: Tiny Houses in Atlanta
There’s a lot of buzz about tiny houses right now, and as advocates for increased housing diversity and affordability, we thought it only...
Jun 27, 20160 min read
May 3, 20161 min read
LISTEN: ERIC KRONBERG ON THE GOOD GRACIOUS PODCAST
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Boyd Baker from the Good Gracious Show to talk about making better, more connected...
Apr 6, 20164 min read
Zoning Codes 101: Form-Based Codes
Walkable neighborhoods with diverse uses like this one in Newport, Rhode Island are impossible to cultivate under typical zoning codes;...
Mar 29, 20163 min read
Build a Better Burb Reflections
Galina Tachieva speaks on suburban renewal tactics at the recent CNU Sprawl Retrofit Council in Miami (image: EK) I had the privilege to...
Mar 4, 20162 min read
Demographics Matters
According to market analysts Todd Zimmerman and Laurie Volk, the majority of these demographic groups wants to live in a walkable...
Feb 26, 20161 min read
Atlanta Zoning Maps
Thanks to Caleb Racicot from TSW and Kyle Kessler from the Center for Civic Innovation we now have access to digital versions of...
Feb 22, 201610 min read
Edgewood Retail District 15 years in, Leggett + Platt, Jeff Fuqua
The Edgewood Retail District in Atlanta, Georgia This is a post on reflections and lessons learned, and an effort to provide insight and...
Feb 18, 20164 min read
The Cultural value of a parking lot
We feel honored to be part of Atlanta’s transformation from a “gangly teenager” into the cultural powerhouse of the Southeast. We are...
Feb 15, 20162 min read
ZONING CODES 101: THE TRANSECT
Dallas, TX: can you identify the transect zones visible in this picture? image: wikipedia If you’ve ever driven fifty or miles in any...
Feb 3, 20163 min read
Thoughts on our current stormwater management policy
On this rainy February morning we were disappointed to not find the display of dramatic raging stormwater overflow, flooded pathways, and...
Jan 13, 20164 min read
Thoughts from a Great Community Zoning Outreach Meeting
I had the pleasure of attending one of the City of Atlanta Zoning outreach meetings this past Tuesday. It really was a pleasure, and...
Dec 15, 20151 min read
Advice for Mayors
We were given the amazing chance to present to three small town mayors this week courtesy of the Georgia Conservancy. These mayors each...
Nov 25, 20152 min read
Popcorn Time: Placemaking 101
We spend a lot of time talking about the specifics of placemaking – parking regulations, zoning ordinances, code clauses – but these are...