Helping Communities Build Resilience
By Bruce Ommen, PE If there’s one attribute that individuals, business owners, communities, and government agencies have needed in 2020 it’s this: Resilience. Resilience is the ability to recover quickly and bounce back from difficult situations. This year has given us all a lot of practice in doing just that. About the Expert: Bruce Ommen,… Read More »
Tags: 100-year Event, Climate Change, Flooding, Natural Disasters, resilience, Stormwater, Wildfires
Latest UAS Lidar Technology Delivers Quality Data More Efficiently
By Paul CrockerLidar isn’t just for airplanes anymore. With the advent of large, extremely stable unmanned aerial systems matched with quality lidar sensors, it’s possible to gather dense and feature-rich data over a 50-acre area in a single flight. About the Expert: Paul Crocker, an FAA certified UAS pilot with 20-plus years of GIS experience,… Read More »
Tags: Drones, LiDAR, Oblique, Survey, UAS, UAS-based Lidar, Unmanned Aerial Systems
Main Street Program Creativity Brings Positivity to “New Normal”
By Matt Ashby, AICP CUD, and Logan Ward, AICP In response to COVID-19, public health restrictions have altered the daily operations for businesses. Hit especially hard are the local shops residing on the main streets of communities across the nation. As we see states and communities start to transition from stay-at-home to safer-at-home to a… Read More »
Tags: Colorado Main Street, Downtown Planning, Main Street, Planning, Stakeholders, Virtual Tour