Lasting Value

Lasting Value

Author: Rick Pruetz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-20

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1351177427

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Americans are committing 'country-cide', says Rick Pruetz, FAICP, converting farms into suburban yards and channeling streams that once provided flood control, water purification, habitats, and recreational opportunities. But rather than rail against overdevelopment, this book celebrates communities succeeding in preservation. For ten years Pruetz explored communities that excel in saving their natural environment. In twenty-four illustrated vignettes, he captures the character of places from the volcanic range near downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Minneapolis’s Grand Rounds park system, to farmland improbably preserved on Long Island. As the longtime city planner of Burbank, California, Pruetz offers more than an appreciation of these communities. He brings a planner’s-eye view of the practices behind their achievements. His detailed reports of creative preservation solutions mark the trail for planners, commissioners, and citizens who seek to preserve the green legacy in their own backyards.


Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report

Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"The City of Santa Cruz has been interested in intensifying tourist-oriented development that promotes year round activities in the Beach area since the 1990s (City of Santa Cruz, October 1998). In 1994/95, the La Bahia Apartments site and Coast Hotel parking lot site at the corner of West Cliff Drive and Bay Street were both analyzed to determine the feasibility of developing either site into a 275-300 room, group oriented conference hotel as part of the preparation of the City's Beach/South Laurel Plan (B/SOL Area Plan) ... Subsequent to the recommendations of the B/SOL Area Plan, the property owner submitted a plan to the City to develop the La Bahia site into a 118-room hotel with day spa, but without a conference facility ... Subsequent to approval of the project in 2003, the applicant decided not to pursue this permit project and has allowed the permit to expire. The current application was submitted to the City in March 2006"--Chapter 3. Project description.