Natural Future: Archive

Jan 24th

Public Workshop In Covington, GA →

Over the next 4 days, Fabric UDO will be holding the first of two public workshops on location in Covington, GA. This innovative project, in collaboration with designer Peter Drey, will attempt to reclaim the public realm and rebuild a district of the city. The project website will update with live news: http://covingtonworkshop.com

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Dec 29th

2011 Shaping Up As Worst Year Ever For Home Sales... →

As a positive take on an obviously gloomy headline, we at Fabric hope that 2012 could be the year when America realizes that our housing patterns need to change.

Dec 28th

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Dec 26th

Grist.org : Top cities stories of 2011 →

Nice overview from Grist of major trends in American cities.

Dec 25th

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Nov 22nd

Getting it Right: Baltimore's Food Initiatives

From Grist.org, a great summary of new initiatives by the City of Baltimore. From the article: “Baltimore’s Planning Department has a new mindset. She calls it a ‘place-based’ model. ‘In the past,’ she says, ‘growth was seen as the only way to improve the city, but we’re starting to look at ways to make our neighborhoods stronger, healthier, and...

Nov 21st

Nov 16th

Watch

Charleston, SC is proving that pedestrian-only street events can work in small North American cities—not just in metropolises like Montreal and Portland. This past weekend’s “Second Sunday,” which the City opens its main shopping street for pedestrians only, seemed like the most successful yet. Video above from our local news paper. Unlike what happened in the...

Nov 14th

Americans’ Migration Patterns Shifting -... →

In summary, the speedy migration of people to warmer climates has slowed significantly as a result of the economy. For formerly growing areas, like the American South, this spells a dramatic slowdown of in-migration.

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Watch

RIP Steve Jobs

Oct 6th

Time off

Natural Future will be taking some downtime, as we periodically do when other duties become overwhelming. I’m happy to report a new project on the books at Fabric in addition to teaching duties, which leaves less time for updates here. Natural Future will be back online in a couple of weeks.

Sep 21st

Obama Visits South-Carolina-Ravaged South Carolina →

This update from the Onion…

Sep 20th