...AND A GREAT 2017
Today, we
passed 155,000 unique visitors to this blog.
We have made
more than 1,700 original posts.
We have
shared more than 1,000 original images from all over the world.
Our blog
items had a word count above 120,000 -- enough to fill at least two large
books.
We are
thankful for a great 2017, including:
January -- I
learned that PlusUrbia Design would be honored in May with the American
Planning Association's Economic Development Planning Gold Standard
for the Wynwood Neighborhood Revitalization District.
February --
We celebrated Valentine's Day with our beautiful Siamese cat Honeybear.
March -- I
learned that PlusUrbia Design would be honored in September with the American
Planning Association Florida's Award of Merit in Neighborhood Planning for
the Hialeah Transit Oriented Development.
April -- I
went on a writing assignment to New Orleans and made friends with some jazz
musicians.
May -- I
observed Ramazan in Istanbul and made friends with legendary Armenian-Turkish
photographer Ara Guler.
June --
Heidi Johnson-Wright was one of the very few non licensed architects to make a
major presentation at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) National
Conference in Orlando.
August -- I
drew an assignment to co-author a major feature article on for Planning
Magazine on Inclusive Mobility.
September --
We survived Hurricane Irma, only losing a fence along with some other outside
damage.
October -- I
went on a photo assignment to Oaxaca, Mexico and stayed through Dia de los
Muertos.
November --
Heidi Johnson-Wright won the Pen 2 Paper writing contest for Crip Cargo.
December -- PlusUrbia Design moved to its new Coral Way studio office, after
years in the Grove produced 10 awards and proclamations in the span of three
years and the firm worked on key plans for Little Havana, Coconut Grove, El
Portal, 395 and the SMART Plan of Miami-Dade County.
