Historic Preservation: An Integral Ingredient in Solving the Contemporary Urban Plight
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Categories: Ideas + Research, In The News
Movin’ On Up!
The Lakota Group celebrates its hard-working team members and their new titles. Read More
Categories: Around the Office, Awards + Accolades
CNU-IL and AIA-Chicago Host “Tactical Urbanism Slam”
On Thursday May 7th at the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), Kyle Smith of CNT and Ian Sisson of The Lakota Group co-hosted a “Tactical Urbanism Slam” with their respective organizations, the Congress for New Urbanism – Illinois Chapter (CNU-IL), and the American Institute of Architects Chicago Chapter (AIA Chicago). The event featured eight speakers with... Read More
Categories: Around the Office, Awards + Accolades, Ideas + Research
It’s Award Season at Lakota
Lakota Wins Merit Award for St. Cloud Placemaking The Lakota Group was recently presented with a Merit Award by the Illinois chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ILASLA) for its innovative work in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Engaged to help identify placemaking strategies and opportunities to enhance quality of life, Lakota worked to educate St.... Read More
Categories: Awards + Accolades, In The News, Project Stories
MedQuarter Master Development Plan Wins 2014 APA-Iowa Award for Urban Design; Lakota visits Mason City, rewatches The Music Man
Each year, the Iowa Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA-Iowa) asks its members to nominate plans, projects, and individuals deserving recognition for achievements in planning work. This year, the MedQuarter Master Development Plan was honored by the organization as an exemplary urban design project – one of ten outstanding plans, projects, and individuals recognized. The APA... Read More
Categories: Awards + Accolades, Project Stories
Daniel Speaks at 2014 Mississippi River Conference
Daniel has been invited to speak this week at the 2014 Mississippi River Conference in Moline about a web-based forum for community dialog that Lakota recently helped some wonderful long-term clients establish. For almost 20 years Lakota has worked closely with the Quad Cities community and with River Action, a Davenport-based organization that advocates for... Read More
Categories: Around the Office
Moline Centred Plan Receives Best Strategic Plan Award
Over the years, the Lakota Group has had a fruitful working relationship with the communities that comprise the Quad Cities metropolitan region. In 1998, Lakota, in collaboration with 18 Quad City communities and various other local non-profit groups and agencies, created the Mississippi River Corridor Land Use Plan and Design Principles, a comprehensive planning document... Read More
Categories: Awards + Accolades, In The News
Density in the Suburbs | APA 2014 Conference
Lakota is a sponsor of this week’s APA-IL conference in Evanston, and we hope to see you there! Come see Scott participate in a panel discussion titled “Density in the Suburbs” on Wednesday at 1:00. The topic will be how to retrofit obsolete single use, suburban development into high density, sustainable development. As the program... Read More
Categories: Awards + Accolades, Ideas + Research