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Kim Finch, owner of Double Wide, Single Wide and Thunderbird Station, briefly had one at her Deep Ellum bar. “I tried to do some of [the Thunderbird] menu at Double Wide: I tried to turn that trailer into a little food trailer,” she said. “But it didn’t fly because you could have a food truck, but you can’t have a food trailer.” If things go a certain way on the Dallas City Council, maybe she could liven up that space again. Chad West, council member for North Oak Cliff, announced Thursday that he is calling for industry members to provide feedback in an effort to gather more info...

See how a weekend transformation made downtown Bethel, Vermont, pop! by AARP Vermont and Team Better Block, AARP Livable Communities Photo courtesy Team Better Block Bethel Better Block In 2016, the planning group Team Better Block partnered with AARP Vermont in the town of Bethel (pop: 2,030) to demonstrate how placemaking and community design influence successful aging, health, economic vitality and overall livability. 1 of 17 The Roadmap The event took place over a weekend in early October and featured temporary "pop-up" ...

Learn How to Build a Better Block Working with experts from the urban design firm Team Better Block, AARP and residents of Fort Wayne, Indiana, demonstrate how to, well, create a better block. Team Better Block is a placemaking-focused “public outreach” firm of urban planners and architects who travel worldwide to temporarily reengineer “auto-dominated, blighted, and underused urban areas into vibrant centers.” AARP has partnered with the Dallas-based consultants to launch several pop-up demonstration projects. The project shown below was held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in November 2017....

Outdoor dining grew during the pandemic, now there’s a plan to keep the expansion Dallas’ Street Seats program will give parklets a more permanent presence. A temporary seating area outside of Revelers Hall on Bishop Avenue in Dallas, May 15, 2020. Co-owner Jason Roberts said the built structure is an example of a semipermanent parklet, or outdoor seating area that spills out onto a street.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor) We are as eager as anyone to be done with this year, to flip to the last page of the sci-fi horror thriller that is 2020 and chuck it out the window. But we can credit...

These parklets will be taking over some street parking stalls in Kaimuki The parklets are painted bright colors and features landscaping, benches and tables. (Source: C&C of Honolulu) By HNN Staff | December 15, 2020 at 9:28 PM HST - Updated December 15 at 9:33 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - There will be a few less spaces to street park in Kaimuki in an effort to help boost business for area shops and restaurants. The city will be temporarily using the spaces to install parklets, or spaces featuring benches, tables and chairs that will allow customers to eat or relax in an outd...