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Designing Local Wins Ohio Landscape Arch Award
Designing Local is honored to be an award-winner of a Ohio Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architecture Merit Award in the category of Communications + Research. We were awarded for our...
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Athens Takes First Steps
(Athens Council Photo credit: Patrick Connolly of The Post, Athens, Ohio) Realizing the Essence of Athens Swift implementation continues after the October adoption of The Essence of Athens: A...
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ATHENS WINS APA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AWARD
The City of Athens, Ohio, Designing Local, and MKSK have won the 2015 Donald E. Hunter Award for Excellence in Economic Development Planning from the Economic Development Division of the American...
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Duluth, GA Adopts Art Plan
Duluth, Georgia adopted its first-ever Public Art Master Plan tonight (April 13, 2015). Principal Amanda Golden represented Designing Local as the project manager of the plan to the Duluth City...
View ArticleNext: San Luis Obispo
Designing Local has begun work for the City of San Luis Obispo, California on its first-ever public art master plan. Our team will work with closely with SLO’s Director of Parks and Public Art, ARTS...
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‘Citizen’ Engagement for 10,000
Not only are “The Locals” hometown citizens of a city or a neighborhood, they can also be “citizens” of corporate communities, too. This is why, sometimes- and at the right times- a municipal-style...
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Ezell Keynotes OCCD Breakfast
Keynotes should be fun. You should come away motivated, but not feel as though you were listening to a motivational speaker. I love doing this because I love the subject I’m talking about. It’s...
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Public Art “Ownership” in SLO
Public art is becoming integral to the quality of life in many communities and so is citizen participation in the public art planning process. Maximizing “community ownership” in any public art plan...
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New Albany Video Design Guidelines Training
Community design guidelines don’t have to be difficult to access. Municipalities work hard to shape their communities by writing and implementing thoughtful design standards. Unfortunately, printed...
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Creativity & Rules: Cleveland
Your place wants to be expressive and “local” but what happens when rules won’t oblige? Designing Local Principal Kyle Ezell and Wendy Moeller, Principal of Compass Point Planning offered solutions to...
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Establishing Athens, Ohio’s Color Palette
As as important part of The Essence of Athens planning process, the city decided to set itself apart from other communities in Ohio and the U.S. by embracing its big personality and amplifying its...
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Tiny Jane Recommends Kid’s Books
Looking for fun books to teach a young preservationist about architecture and communities? Here are a few of our favorites! Pair these with Tiny Jane Jacobs for the perfect preservationist in training...
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Tiny Jane Goes To The Movies
Female representation in history has not always been guaranteed. The women’s rights movement in the 20th century has encouraged female representation in research, books, and film. Women have helped...
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Establishing Athens, Ohio’s Color Palette
As as important part of The Essence of Athens planning process, the city decided to set itself apart from other communities in Ohio and the U.S. by embracing its big personality and amplifying its...
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Vocabulary Word of the Week: Parquet
Look down and you may find an interesting architectural detail! Parquet flooring is the utilization of geometric pieces of wood to create a decorative element. The images above and below are examples...
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Vocabulary Word of the Week: Flounder House
Did you know there is a style of house named after a fish? The flounder house is defined by its asymmetrical roofline; the roofline gives the appearance of half of a hipped roof or half of a gable roof...
View ArticleNEXT: SANDUSKY PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN
Nothing makes us more excited than working in our own backyard – or in this case – Ohio’s lakeshore. Designing Local is excited to announce that we have begun work on a Public Art Master Plan for the...
View ArticleNEXT: Chamblee Arts Master Plan
We are very excited to announce our newest project: the Chamblee Arts Master Plan. Just 14 miles northeast of Atlanta inside the 285 loop, Chamblee is a dynamic and flourishing city ripe for investment...
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Pittsburgh Asked for Ideas, We Gave Them Books!
The City of Pittsburgh recently facilitated an ideas competition for a series of banners that will camouflage an eyesore downtown parking garage. Designing Local submitted our proposal, ‘Open Stacks’,...
View ArticleFort Wayne Public Art PK Boasts Standing Room Only
We are pleased to report that our Fort Wayne Public Art Master Plan kickoff event, Public Art Pk Night powered by Pecha Kucha, was a huge success! We were lucky enough to be hosted by the Arts United...
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