by meg | Dec 22, 2016 | Bikes & Peds, Local Business, Multi-Modal Culture, Transportation
2016 was the first full year that Pedal Fort Collins has been around. In the past year, 7,398 people have viewed the site with a full 77.6% of them being brand new readers this year. The most read article of all was seen by 2,692 people! and was quoted by other...
by meg | Aug 5, 2016 | Bikes & Peds, Economic Sustainability, Multi-Modal Culture, Transportation
Walking. Everybody does it. But not everybody values it. It’s easy to take for granted. And the thrill of being able to travel faster than the foot holds incredible allure. But in moving to faster forms of transportation over the past century, we’ve...
by meg | Jul 25, 2016 | City Budget/Spending, Economic Sustainability
The City government sets its budget on a two year cycle. Though most of it is already spoken for, there’s still a substantial amount of money that can be distributed at the discretion of the City Council. And the City Council makes their decision based on...
by meg | Feb 23, 2016 | Economic Sustainability, Local Business, Multi-Modal Culture, Transportation
Since the beginning of civilization, communities have been built on a walkable scale. As hamlets grew into towns, and towns grew into cities, the community as a whole might not have been as easy to traverse, but boroughs or districts within the city remained walkable...
by meg | Feb 18, 2016 | Economic Sustainability, Local Business, Multi-Modal Culture, Transportation
The introduction of the automobile significantly changed the way we build our cities and operate our businesses. Once this faster form of travel became available to the general public (thank you Henry Ford), communities could start to spread out in ways that were...
by meg | Feb 15, 2016 | Economic Sustainability, Local Business, Multi-Modal Culture, Transportation
A vibrant, sustainable economy is the ideal of any community. On February 4th, at the Saving Places conference in Denver, Kimber Lanning made the case that the key to a robust local economy is in having healthy locally owned businesses. She took a lot of ideas that...
