land use

Downtown Banks

Downtown Banks

I recently moved into a new office. I'm on [...]

By pcfritz|2024-07-05T22:23:24+00:00July 8, 2024|Categories: land use, Sebastopol, Urban Vitality, walkable streets|Tags: downtown banks, land use, no more drive-throughs, Sebastopol, small town urbanism|0 Comments

Downtown Parking

Downtown Parking

This post is inspired by the Parking Reform Network. The [...]

By pcfritz|2024-02-28T23:26:34+00:00February 28, 2024|Categories: land use, parking, Sebastopol, urban design, Urban Vitality|Tags: land use, parking, Parking Moratorium, Parking Reform Network, Sebastopol, small town urbanism|5 Comments

LivXplore Podcast

I was recently asked to participate in a podcast with [...]

By pcfritz|2023-12-21T21:11:35+00:00December 21, 2023|Categories: Accessory Dwelling Units, Background, bike lanes, biking, Downtown Development, Housing, pedestrian connections, urban design, Urban Growth Boundary, Urban Vitality, walkable streets, walking, zoning|Tags: 15-minute cities, ADUs, affordable housing, human places, infill development, land use, Sebastopol, small town, The Barlow, urban design, walkability|0 Comments

Santa Rosa: A City in Flux

This post was originally published as a guest post on [...]

By pcfritz|2016-01-15T11:38:12+00:00January 15, 2016|Categories: Background, cost of sprawl, land use, Strong Towns, Urban Growth Boundary, Urban Vitality|Tags: cost of sprawl, infill development, land use, land value, Santa Rosa, SMART Train, Strong Towns, Urban 3, Urban Community Partnership, Urban Growth Boundary|0 Comments

Parking Requirement Impacts on Small Town Urbanism

Sebastopol, like many other small towns, needs to get a [...]

By pcfritz|2015-07-19T16:34:37+00:00July 19, 2015|Categories: Density, land use, parking, Placemaking, Sebastopol, streets, urban design, Urban Vitality|Tags: Community Character, human places, infill development, land use, Main Street Sebastopol, parking, Placemaking, Sebastopol, small town, street design, urban design, Urban Vitality, walkability|2 Comments

Golis: Can we change how we think about | The Press Democrat

Here is an interesting editorial from the local newspaper about [...]

By pcfritz|2015-03-30T12:41:43+00:00March 30, 2015|Categories: cost of sprawl, Housing, land use|Tags: affordable housing, cost of sprawl, infill development, land use, land value|2 Comments

Density and Affordable Housing

Housing costs can be directly related to the very basic [...]

By pcfritz|2015-03-27T16:55:37+00:00March 27, 2015|Categories: Density, general plans, Housing, land use, Sebastopol, Secondary Dwelling Units|Tags: Accessory Dwelling Units, density, Housing, infill development, land use, Sebastopol, Secondary Dwelling Units|0 Comments

Pro-active Marketing of Infill Sites

One of the suggestions of the SDAT Team's visit to [...]

By pcfritz|2015-01-12T13:39:59+00:00January 12, 2015|Categories: CVS development, land use, Placemaking, Sebastopol, SebastopolConnect SDAT, The Barlow, The Core Project, urban design, vision|Tags: CVS/Chase, infill development, land use, Sebastopol, The Barlow, Vision|0 Comments