Planning for saving lives over saving time
You read about them in the paper just about every day: an elderly man killed crossing 34th Street S in St. Petersburg, hit by a driver at 1:42 AM. Or maybe…
Questions unanswered about forming Regional MPO
St. Petersburg Council Member Jim Kennedy is a member and former chair of our board. Given recent editorials and articles in the Tampa Bay Times about forming a regional MPO, he…
Ensuring Accessibility for All of Pinellas County
For most of us in Pinellas County, we don’t have to think about how we get to the doctor or grocery store: it just involves our cars and the best…
Drones in Planning: A Tool for Visual Storytelling
Editor’s Note: This is the first in what we hope is a continuing feature of guest posts written by our partners in the community. Read on to learn about the emerging role…
Lessons learned from St. Louis
While building transportation projects is a contentious process in Tampa Bay, we are not alone in struggling to engage the community and get projects done. I wrote in my previous…
Building community by learning from others
One of the first lessons I learned as a consultant many years ago is that every community has its own public decision-making process. What flies by with no commentary in…
Forward Pinellas approves up to $1.1 million for local complete streets projects
Pinellas County’s land use and transportation planning agency will be funding three local projects that make streets safer for all users. The Forward Pinellas board voted unanimously Wednesday to approve…
Planning for Breweries: Encouraging Redevelopment & Economic Development
There is something brewing in Pinellas County. Residents may have noticed the recent rise in the number of breweries, microbreweries, and brew-pubs, and it’s not just a “hop-tical” illusion.…
Forward Pinellas Request for Proposals (RFP) for Audit Services
UPDATE 3/1/2017 11:30 am: The RFP selection committee meeting will be held on March 8, 2017, at 9 am at 310 Court Street, 2nd Floor, Clearwater, Florida 33756. UPDATE 2/17/2017…
Dangerous By Design Hits Home
It was probably not how Andy Holcombe wanted to start his first day of an internship with the Philadelphia Phillies. Nor was it my intent to spend part of the…
Creating a Safer Pinellas County
Smart Growth America’s Dangerous by Design report released today ranks the Tampa Bay area as the seventh most dangerous metro area in the country for people walking. Despite that dubious…
Forward Pinellas to begin 2017 with new board leadership, four new members
Forward Pinellas has new board leadership and several new members going into 2017. By a unanimous vote of the Forward Pinellas Board, County Commissioner John Morroni will be serving as…