David Holtzman

122 Posts

David Holtzman is a planner for Louisa County, Virginia, a freelance writer, and a former Shelterforce editor.
Communities

On Foot and Wheels, in Town and in the Country

Surprise! People in small towns like to walk and ride bicycles nearly as much as people in cities do. That’s the word from a report just released by the Rails to […]

Communities

Less Pasture, More Concrete in Rural Future?

“From concrete to pasture.” That’s how one might characterize my relocation a couple years ago from Boston to Central Virginia. Boston is a place where a carefully landscaped pocket park […]

Communities

High speed Internet – Hard to find in rural places

What’s it like not having access to high-speed Internet today? For anyone who is aware of high-speed Internet, not having it is essentially to not have the Internet at all. […]

Communities

At the Crossroads

On a map of the rural county where I live, there are many place names that identify crossroads, significant in that many cars pass through them each day. When I […]

Housing

Tiny Houses, Big Dreams

Not long ago I was part of a conversation with a builder who wanted to put some tiny houses on some tiny lots. The lots had been in existence for […]

Neighborhood Change

Getting from Here to There

Transit advocates and CDCs in two parts of the greater Boston
region are building cross-movement coalitions that are making
equitable transit-oriented development a part of the fight for
better transit access.

Martin Luther King Jr.
Communities

Some Thoughts On This Martin Luther King Jr. Day

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as one of the lucky ones who actually had the day off to reflect on this great man’s legacy, I started thinking about […]

Communities

Where’s the Alt-City?

On a trip yesterday into Richmond, Va., I made sure to pick up some of the free media that clutter the doorways of bookshops and cafes and provide a reason […]

Equity

Is it: “Faster, Stimulus! Spend! Spend!” or “Think Before You Buy”?

James Oberstar, the Democrat from Minnesota who chairs the House Transportation Committee, has been sending out cranky letters to governors around the country who haven’t been spending their economic stimulus […]

Equity

Sometimes Vacant Land is Just Fine

I’ve been thinking a bit recently about the possibilities in vacant or underused property in the heart of the city. Kaid Benfield brought this topic up in his recent mention […]

Policy

Green Jobs For Real?

Housing

Locavores, Beware

Think all planning and community development should be local? Think again, said a judge on Monday when she told a New York State county to force dozens of towns and […]