Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Even a church can do transportation demand management planning

From "Beach Town Churches Brace for Unpredictable Summer Attendance," in today's Washington Post:

While catering to often larger congregations during the summer, pastors must also ensure they are not neglecting their core members. Each summer, Holy Savior Roman Catholic Church, located just blocks from the boardwalk, adds a Saturday evening service at a Methodist church in Berlin so that residents do not have to battle beach traffic.

"It's a 10-minute trip, but sometimes it takes me an hour and a half. It's much easier for me to go over there than for all of those people to come here," said Father John Klevence, who has worked at Holy Savior 12 years. "Ocean City is a small town, ultimately, and there is a good spirit of cooperation here. There has to be."

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