Communities throughout the Gulf Coast are growing increasingly concerned about the housing crisis. Local buyers are finding it harder and harder to find housing options within their budgets. The crisis has a variety of complex factors at play, one of which is the...
City Planner
What is a heritage preservation commission?
Many cities across the nation have commissions of passionate and subject-matter educated residents who participate in their city's Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC). Cities across Texas have these bodies. The aim is to protect and promote the architecture and...
What do city planners do?
Picture this. You're at a cocktail party. You are pushing the filberts around your glass with your straw. Someone strikes up a conversation with you. You, as is requisite, ask them what they do. "Oh, I'm a city planner," they say. What comes to mind? More than just...
