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PLANNING BEAT: January 2010
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Sunday, January 17, 2010. CHARRETTE: CITIZENS AID PLANNERS. Every now and then, government and the people can put aside differences to join forces for the betterment of the community. It’s “magic” when that happens. One of those magic moments occurred nearly a decade ago, when City of Bakersfield, Calif., officials, design professionals and everyday citizens joined together for a charrette to brainstorm the future of downtown. The article can be read at http:/ tinyurl.com/DowntownCharrette. Most of these...
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PLANNING BEAT: August 2010
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Sunday, August 29, 2010. Katrina Five Years Later: Safety responders bring lessons home. Boat that washed ashore blocks St. Bernard Parish street. When Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast five years ago, not only did it destroy communities, it overwhelmed local governments. The needs of desperate citizens far exceeded the ability of their government agencies to respond. The response had to come from across the country and in some cases from outside the United States. Bakersfield architect Willi...
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PLANNING BEAT: HISTORY SERIES: UP Train Conductor Wants to Save Bakersfield Depot
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Sunday, July 18, 2010. HISTORY SERIES: UP Train Conductor Wants to Save Bakersfield Depot. Union Pacific train enters the weather-beaten station in east Bakersfield. Stephen Montgomery is an architectural sleuth. When he is not working as a conductor for the Union Pacific. Railroad, he spends his spare time poking his nose into and under some of Bakersfield’s oldest buildings. He also is a man on a mission: Protecting Bakersfield’s history. Once known as the Southern Pacific Railroad. Appearing weather-b...
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PLANNING BEAT: May 2010
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Monday, May 31, 2010. Steam' Building Over California High Speed Rail Route. No doubt, California’s high speed rail. Project is a hot topic. There’s a lot to love and hate with this project. Earlier this year, I wrote an opinion article. About Bakersfield competing for a test track and heavy maintenance facility. (“High-speed rail prize awaits the valley community that has its act together,” by John Hardisty). In the Sunday, May 30, edition,. The Bakersfield Californian’s. Story As they get down to the d...
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PLANNING BEAT: Katrina Five Years Later: Safety responders bring lessons home
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Sunday, August 29, 2010. Katrina Five Years Later: Safety responders bring lessons home. Boat that washed ashore blocks St. Bernard Parish street. When Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast five years ago, not only did it destroy communities, it overwhelmed local governments. The needs of desperate citizens far exceeded the ability of their government agencies to respond. The response had to come from across the country and in some cases from outside the United States. Bakersfield architect Willi...
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PLANNING BEAT: Hunting for Bakersfield's 'historic character'
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Sunday, May 23, 2010. Hunting for Bakersfield's 'historic character'. Spent nearly 30 years guiding the city of Bakersfield. Calif, forward as its development services director. He managed the city’s Planning Department as Bakersfield grew to include about 143 square miles and serve a population of nearly 340,000 people. Beginning with his May 23 feature on the turn-of-the-century home of the late Louise V. Olcese. And mind you, it’s California’s 11th largest. 8211; but it can also be a bit quirky. And e...
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PLANNING BEAT: April 2010
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010. CAN DISASTERS BE TOO BIG TO FIX? The annual conference of the American Planning Association. Held last week in New Orleans, focused on the city’s recovery after flooding during Hurricane Katrina. Throughout the city were billboards advertising the new HBO series “ Treme. 8221; about people displaced by Katrina from an historic, but poor New Orleans neighborhood. In their book “ Clear As Mud. 8221; Robert B. Olshanky, an urban planning professor at the University of Illinois, ...
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PLANNING BEAT: July 2010
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Sunday, July 18, 2010. HISTORY SERIES: UP Train Conductor Wants to Save Bakersfield Depot. Union Pacific train enters the weather-beaten station in east Bakersfield. Stephen Montgomery is an architectural sleuth. When he is not working as a conductor for the Union Pacific. Railroad, he spends his spare time poking his nose into and under some of Bakersfield’s oldest buildings. He also is a man on a mission: Protecting Bakersfield’s history. Once known as the Southern Pacific Railroad. Appearing weather-b...
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PLANNING BEAT: 'Steam' Building Over California High Speed Rail Route
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Monday, May 31, 2010. Steam' Building Over California High Speed Rail Route. No doubt, California’s high speed rail. Project is a hot topic. There’s a lot to love and hate with this project. Earlier this year, I wrote an opinion article. About Bakersfield competing for a test track and heavy maintenance facility. (“High-speed rail prize awaits the valley community that has its act together,” by John Hardisty). In the Sunday, May 30, edition,. The Bakersfield Californian’s. Story As they get down to the d...
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PLANNING BEAT: Blood donations made at Houchin in Bakersfield, Calif., may end up on Iraq, Afghanistan battlefield
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Monday, May 31, 2010. Blood donations made at Houchin in Bakersfield, Calif., may end up on Iraq, Afghanistan battlefield. Houchin Blood Bank / John Harte. Writing in today’s Bakersfield Californian. Maureen Buscher-Dang reveals that people who donate blood at their local community blood banks may be helping U.S. soldiers on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. As an example, she notes that during the past 18 months, Houchin. Blood Bank Center in Tacoma, Wash. The Armed Services Blood Program relies...
