The Messy City

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Welcome - my name is Kevin Klinkenberg, and this site "The Messy City" is my blog and company website. I started blogging on urban planning and design issues in 2007, and began working in the field in 1993. Please feel free to connect with me on any of the social media sites listed here. Thanks for reading.

All tagged grassroots development

Jun 4
Jun 4 Development from the bottom-up

Kevin Klinkenberg

The Bottom Line

Oct 19
Oct 19 A post from NRDC's Switchboard: Orenco Station found to have more walking, community interaction

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Sustainable Design, Walkable Community

A master plan behind covering the Path to Prosperity in shade: Incorporating street trees into the urban design of neighborhoods

Oct 19

Oct 19 A master plan behind covering the Path to Prosperity in shade: Incorporating street trees into the urban design of neighborhoods

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, Sustainable Design, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

Oct 13
Oct 13 America's Most Walkable Cities: Walk Score shows you where your city stands

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Walkable Community

Oct 13
Oct 13 Suburban sprawl slowing to a crawl: Could your suburb fall victim to the housing bust?

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Sustainable Design, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

Oct 6
Oct 6 The Pitch features Kansas City's 180 Design Studio, Kevin Klinkenberg; highlights new urbanism design of downtown Blue Springs

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Sustainable Design, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

Oct 5
Oct 5 A Daily Dose of Architecture mentions Kansas City's own New Urbanism Blog, adds 180 to blogroll

Kevin Klinkenberg

Oct 2
Oct 2 Kevin and New Urbanism profiled in the new 'Best Of' issue for The Pitch

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

David Martin and The Pitch profiles Kevin Klinkenberg in its People and Places section.