Community Resilience Through Leadership and Governance: Planning for Complete Streets and Wetland Banking
By Chris Silewski, PLA For a community to work toward a better future, local leaders must enable efforts that will lead to community resilience. Creating and implementing the right development policies and plans, such as those for resilient street design and wetland mitigation banking, will put things on the right track. Resilient Street Design Through… Read More »
It Takes Special NHI Instructors to Keep Transportation/Hydraulic Engineers Up to Date
By Anthony Alvarado, PE, CFM, While a college engineering program is logically the first step to learning the ins-and-outs of the profession, ask any practicing engineer, and they will likely say their learning didn’t stop with their college diploma. In fact that’s only the beginning. Being an engineer requires continual learning to keep up with… Read More »
Quality of Life and Community Resilience: Ensuring a Vibrant Future for Downtown
By Jason Ilstrup and Mike Scholl A community’s goal for its downtown is that it enhance the quality of life for residents and visitors by providing a hub where people come together. Over the past 18 months, however, the resiliency of downtowns has been tested more than it has for decades. Among the keys to… Read More »
