When I drove down from Denver to Pueblo, Colorado, I was expecting to see a well-ordered city. The town had a beautifully crafted, evidence based, strategic plan – one of the best I’ve come across. Instead, I confronted a dismal, depressing wasteland, with glaring poverty, homelessness, and gangs on street…
HillPDA are passionate advocators for the Australian property market. Our team of experts are thought leaders – committed to driving better practice and influencing change. We understand the important advocacy role of our industry association’s and continue to support them through company membership and sponsorship as well as individual staff…
The NSW Planning Institute of Australia’s annual ‘Awards for Excellence’ promote the benefits of planning to the community at large; recognise outstanding achievements of planners; and acknowledge the role of public and private organisations in creating environments of distinction. The 2015 awards were held last night, 11th November, where…
Urban centres lie at the heart of many local communities, but recent debate on city growth has tended to focus exclusively on increasing residential densities rather than ways to strengthen urban centres. In focussing on accelerating one urban activity – residential development – it is possible that we…
