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» TIGER III Grant Award (December 2011)
Smith River Rancheria, a federally-recognized Native American Tribe located along the Pacific Coast in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon, received a $2.5 million TIGER III grant for its US 101 Multimodal Smith River Safety Corridor project. Charlier Associates, Inc. collaborated with the Tribe to develop, prepare and submit the TIGER grant application as a consultant to Smart Growth America. The TIGER grant award will fund much-needed safety improvements for bicyclists, pedestrians, and motorists within the Tribe’s “gateway areas” on this nationally-significant highway, as well as signage and other elements to enhance the area’s unique community identity. more.
» EPA Smart Growth Award (November 2011)
Connecting El Paso, a TOD and redevelopment plan for several BRT stations and corridors, and a former smelter site, has won USEPA’s 2011 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement for Programs, Policies, and Regulations. Charlier Associates, Inc. was the transportation subconsultant for the project, led by Dover, Kohl & Partners. Connecting El Paso used an innovative charrette process to develop SmartCode-based TOD plans for three BRT stations and corridors as part of the City’s planned Rapid Transit System, a four-line citywide BRT system. more.
» TIGER III Technical Assistance (October 2011)
Charlier Associates, Inc. is assiting six communities across the country in applying for USDOT TIGER III grants. Five are rural communities that CAI is assisting a a consultant to Smart Growth America. We are assisting the sixth community, El Paso, Texas, as part of our ongoing work on a consulting team being led by Dover, Kohl & Partners to update the City's Comprehensive Plan and to prepare TOD and redevelopment plans. more.
» NPSG 2011 - Charlotte, NC
The New Partners for Smart Growth annual conference was held in Charlotte, North Carolina, February 2 through 5, 2011. Attendance was robust at 1,400 and included planners, engineers, architects, landscape architects, health professionals, local elected officials and citizens from across the U.S. (and other nations). Jim Charlier presented twice at the conference. more...
» National Praise for El Paso Project
Charlier Associates, Inc. is a key part of a team led by Dover, Kohl & Partners (DKP) that recently completed Connecting El Paso for the west Texas city. The plan, unanimously adopted by the El Paso City Council on January 18th, is attracting national attention as a leading-edge smart growth TOD blueprint. more...
» Rochester, MN Workshops
On September 21st and 22nd Jim Charlier presented workshops for the City of Rochester, Minnesota. The workshops were funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota as part of its program to provide technical support to local governments in Minnesota on community design and other measures to help them move more toward local “active living” environments. more...
» Minnesota APA
On September 23, Jim Charlier was the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Minnesota chapter of the American Planning Association. more...
» CTAI Annual Meeting
The Community Transportation Association of Idaho (CTAI) held its 2010 annual meeting in Boise on September 13 through 15. CTAI is a young, growing organization of transit providers, public sector planners and administrators and private sector firms serving the transportation industry. more...
» Spatial Roundtable Forum
The website, Spatial Roundtable, is hosting a forum on how geographic information systems can contribute to growth management. Invited contributors included Paul Zykofsky (LGC), Bruce Knight, Dan Burden, Dr. Kevin Fletcher, John Frece (EPA), and Jim Charlier. Check out the discussion at: http://www.spatialroundtable.com/
» Governor's Energy Office Workshop
On May 6 Jim Charlier spoke to an audience of central Colorado local officials, including Salida, Buena Vista, Chaffee County and Breckenridge, among others. The workshop was put on by the Governor’s Energy Office as part of a program to support energy planning in Colorado — “Recharge Colorado.” more...
» APA Community Planning Assistance Program
On April 10, Jacob Riger participated in the Community Planning Assistance Program as part of the APA’s 2010 National Conference in New Orleans. more...
» DRCOG Planner Idea Exchange
On March 17, Jacob Riger jointly presented with Commerce City staff at the Denver Regional Council of Governments’ monthly Planner Idea Exchange. more...
» Governors' Institute on Community Design
On January 4 – 6, Jim Charlier participated in a workshop for Delaware Governor Jack Markell in New Castle Delaware. The Governors’ Institute on Community Design provided the workshop. more...
» Transit Alliance Citizens Academy
On October 6th, Jacob Riger and Jennifer Valentine served as guest instructors for the Transit Alliance’s Fall 2010 Citizens Academy in Denver. Jacob and Jennifer led approximately 40 participants through a mini-charrette planning exercise for transit-oriented development (TOD) around a future Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) station in El Paso, Texas. more...
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