Thursday, February 13, 2025

ALL URBAN DESIGN SHOULD BE HUMAN-CENTERED

UNIVERSAL DESIGN IS THE PATH TO ACHIEVING IT


When I was hired at the 35th largest newspaper in the U.S., I found out I was starting at the bottom.

Night school board and town council meetings in the hinterlands.

I was promoted (sentenced?) to the City of Columbus Development Commission – a board that met well into the wee hours – too late to beat deadline for the morning paper.

I also married young, to a person who used a wheelchair for mobility.

The combination of learning about how “planning nerds” and developers operated + my spouse’s mobility needs + my deep human empathy gained through watching my mom’s tortured days – forged my career.

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