Been to the Dallas Esplanade Lately?

On September 1, 2019

Here’s the second tale, written for the American Planning Association Texas Chapter: A Tale from October 2019

See you in Waco?

On August 1, 2019

Here’s the first tale, written for the American Planning Association Texas Chapter: A Tale from August 2019

Meet the Jetsons?

On July 11, 2019

The Greater Dallas Planning Council’s “mission is to shape, promote, and advocate a creative, sustainable future for the Dallas region.” Creative was certainly the operative word for the annual luncheon in June 2019. A few years ago, a discussion of “The Future of Flying Car Technology in North Texas” would have been held at a […]

City of Richardson Innovation District Block Party

On July 5, 2019

June 13 & 14, 2019 How cool is this? The City of Richardson hosted an Innovation District Block Party to invite stakeholders to experience and shape the future of its Collins-Arapaho TOD and Innovation District. The City asked a team, led by Kimley-Horn Inc. and including SCS and Jacobs, to develop a rezoning to implement […]

2019 CLIDE Awards

On July 1, 2019

At its annual luncheon in June 2019, the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) announced its Celebrating Leadership In Development Excellence (CLIDE) awards recipients for this year. According to NCTCOG, “the CLIDE Awards Program, created in 2003, recognizes public and private entities including cities, developers, architects, planners and engineers, to encourage innovative development projects […]

On April 28, 2019

Dear family and friends, Remember kaleidoscopes? You probably played with them at some point in your childhood. You look in one end and see a beautiful pattern of colored light. Then you turn the endpiece and suddenly there is a completely different pattern. That just about sums up 2018 for us – we began with […]

Good-byes

On April 28, 2019

Karen has been fortunate to enjoy having her parents with her for 64 years. But that reality changed in March, when her Dad Len Walz passed away on the 13th and her Mom Bev Walz passed away on the 27th – exactly two weeks apart. They were 87 and 86, so they’d lived long and […]

Time with Friends and Family

On April 28, 2019

Our US travels this year focused mostly on family and friends. During the June trip to California, Karen was able to catch up with her good friends from years ago in the San Jose Planning Department, as well as her ex. In August, we spent our 8th wedding anniversary in a lovely hotel by Union […]

Terry’s Law Practice

On April 28, 2019

Terry officially retired from the practice of law on December 31, 2018. For now. It is unclear how long he will stay retired, since he has an abiding interest in his field of municipal land use law. Meanwhile, the fun is over for his writing career, that is, writing the thriller Tarangire Dreams, which is […]

Strategic Community Solutions LLC

On April 28, 2019

Whenever Karen was in Dallas this year, she was working. The projects have been interesting and the work is with clients and colleagues she enjoys. A few highlights: Several multi-year planning projects were completed this year. In January, the City of Weatherford TX adopted its new Weatherford General Plan. The plan combines efforts to preserve […]