The Advancing Communities Show: Placemaking for Pets
The Advancing Communities Show
Release Date: 07/19/2016
The Advancing Communities Show: NOCWA - Achieving Flood of Community Benefits
The Advancing Communities Show
This episode of The Advancing Communities Show features NOCWA chairman - and City of Auburn Hills Director of the Department of Public Works - and Vicki Putala, our own environmental water resources expert.
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The Advancing Communities Show: A Framework for Infrastructure Improvements in the 21st Century
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Over the last 30 years, communities have witnessed a divergence in the need for infrastructure management and available revenues. An alarming percentage of our infrastructure is reaching the end of its useful life. It's a critical topic ever top-of-mind here at OHM Advisors. In this episode of The Advancing Communities Show, we delve headfirst into 21st century infrastructure—the current scenario, why it's important for thriving communities and how to fund necessary improvements. Join environmental water resources guru Vicki Putala and infrastructure funding genie...
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The Advancing Communities Show: Sustainability – Convergence of Nature, Society & Technology
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Sustainability is a ubiquitous buzzword these days. But at OHM Advisors, it's a forward-thinking, holistic approach that is integrated into everything we do. This ever-evolving global initiative has many different components and is defined many different ways. In this episode of The Advancing Communities Show, we level set on sustainability – what it is and why it matters. We cover the biggest impacts to the practice of sustainability, address widespread misconceptions and discuss trends to watch. Join Paul Bierman-Lytle, recognized industry expert and leader of our integrated...
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The Advancing Communities Show: Autonomous Vehicles - How The Next Disruptive Technology Will Reshape Our Cities
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Ready or not, here they come! Autonomous cars (aka driverless cars), that is. The vehicles that we see on the road today will soon become the ‘flip phone’ of the transportation world. Car manufacturers are already implementing this new technology. This episode of The Advancing Communities Show features planners Jason Sudy, Justin Robbins and Rick Stein, as they explore the immense impact that autonomous vehicles could have on our society. They will paint the picture of autonomous vehicles as a service-based model that will improve safety and increases efficiencies. It...
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The Advancing Communities Show: Placemaking for Pets
The Advancing Communities Show
The Advancing Community Show: Placemaking for Pets This episode features Aaron Domini, Senior Planner at OHM Advisors. We explore why planners, city leaders, and the private sector might want to consider Fido, the family dog, when creating the next great spaces. As part of our discussion, Aaron talks about the influence of pets in shaping lifestyles, pet-friendly design and planning practices, and the potential economic and social value of integrating pets and their owners, who now make up a whopping 40% of the population, into plans for communities of the future. Join us as we discuss...
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The Advancing Communities Show: “What’s in Your Space?”: Schools for Today’s Learners
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“What’s in Your Space?”: Schools for Today’s Learners Authors of “What’s in Your Space? 5 Steps for Better School and Classroom Design” Mark White, educational consultant, and Gary Sebach, director of architectural design at OHM Advisors, use their experience with Gahanna Lincoln High School’s award-winning Clark Hall to discuss what it means to educate in the 21st Century. Pushing the boundaries of traditional school design, Clark Hall was designed around today’s learners, their use of technology, and the development of the global skills of communication, collaboration,...
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The Advancing Communities Show: Innovation in Transportation
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This show features OHM Advisors’ Tim Juidici and Jon Katers along City of Auburn Hills, Michigan officials, Stephanie Carroll and Ron Melchert, as they discuss the ins and outs of Michigan’s first Diverging Diamond Interchange – hailed as the “future of transportation”. Learn all about this innovative project, located 30 miles north of Detroit at I-75 and University Drive, and the relationship between infrastructure, community identity and regional development. Hear an example of how strong leadership, proactive funding efforts and progressive thinking resulted in sweeping...
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The Advancing Communities Show: Designing for Happiness
The Advancing Communities Show
Tony Slanec, partner and director of planning and urban design at OHM Advisors, discusses visioning and sustainability, particularly in the context of happiness as informed by the United Nations’ World Happiness Report. Learn how public policy and decisions that impact the community can be influenced by the World Happiness Report, a landmark global survey – first published in 2012 – that reviews the state of happiness in the world today. As an urban planner, Tony speaks to the philosophy of incorporating design elements that foster happiness, connectivity, and economic value....
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The Advancing Communities Show: Talk Data to Me: Using Smart Technology to Decode Data
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This show features Robert Czachorski, partner at OHM Advisors and cofounder of H20metrics, a collaborative water analytics software company. An overwhelming amount of data is collected by municipalities, and utility systems in general, but what can you do with all that information? Robert explores the theme of leveraging smart technologies, such as H20metrics, to better – and more strategically – manage water and sewer infrastructure systems.
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The Advancing Communities Show: "Grandma Decision Making" is NOT a Winning Asset Management Strategy, with Tom Wilson - City of Livonia
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Tom Wilson, Utilities Supervisor, City of Livonia Department of Public Works, speaks to the challenges of municipality infrastructure asset management and best practices honed from 35+ years in municipal government. He describes his unique approach to conceptualizing community infrastructure as a car analogy – a practical comparison that crystalizes the precarious balancing act municipal officials are forced to perform to balance expected levels of service with such limited budgets. Tom discusses his management philosophy in terms of managing what he coins “inalienable citizen...
info_outlineThe Advancing Community Show: Placemaking for Pets
This episode features Aaron Domini, Senior Planner at OHM Advisors.
We explore why planners, city leaders, and the private sector might want to consider Fido, the family dog, when creating the next great spaces. As part of our discussion, Aaron talks about the influence of pets in shaping lifestyles, pet-friendly design and planning practices, and the potential economic and social value of integrating pets and their owners, who now make up a whopping 40% of the population, into plans for communities of the future.
Join us as we discuss reactions from communities, the private sector and what’s next around this idea of placemaking for pets.