Goody Clancy

The Asheville Downtown Master Plan Recieves a 2010 NCAPA Outstanding Planning Award

We are honored to announce the North Carolina American Planning Assocations (NCAPA) Awards Comittee selected the Asheville Downtown Master Plan to recieve a 2010 Marvin Collins Outstanding Planning Award for Comprehensive Planning in a large community.

The award will be presented during the North Carolina Annual Planning Conference Awards Luncheon this fall.

New Orleans City Council Approves the Master Plan!

The New Orleans City Council formally and unanimously approved the New Orleans Master Plan on August 12, 2010. This plan can be viewed and downloaded on the Master Plan and Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance website at www.nolamasterplan.org

David Dixon FAIA participates in AIA's Architecture Knowledge Review Podcast Series

David Dixon, FAIA, Principal-in-Charge of Planning and Urban Design at Goody Clancy along with William Raymond Manning, AIA, LEED AP from Manning Architects in New Orleans, participated in AIA's Architecture Knowledge Review Podcast Series in June. The podcast titled, "The Master Plan for New Orleans: Livability, Opportunity, and Sustainability in the 21st Century" is available on AIA's website. Mr. Dixon and Mr. Manning discuss the long-awaited master plan and the complex process involved in formulating it, building consensus, and gaining city official's approval following a massive community engagement effort.

Click here to listen to the podcast on ITUNES or as an MP3.

AKU Receives Planning Award

KARACHI, July 12 (APP): The Aga Khan University (AKU) has been presented with an international award for an innovative land use plan for a university village for its new Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) in Pakistan.An announcement here on Monday said that the Merit Award for Excellence in Planning for District or Campus Component was given by the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) to AKU and Goody Clancy, the planning consultants, during a ceremony at its annual conference in Minneapolis, USA. (Click here to read more)

Our plan for the Clifton Corridor in Atlanta has received a 2010 Charter Award from CNU

The heading above links to CNU’s description of the urban design guidelines we prepared for the Clifton Community Partnership, sponsored by Emory University. Designed to improve quality of life in the neighborhoods around Emory, the smart-growth guidelines encourage walkable, mixed-use new development and infill projects while strengthening protection of distinctive natural areas and historic, Olmsted-designed neighborhoods. The Partnership has already begun implementing many of the plan’s public-realm recommendations. (Click here to read more)

Dublin considers downtown face-lift

Transforming about 10 million square feet of the corridor into multilevel housing, office spaces and retail businesses would take about 20 years and $3 billion to $5 billion worth of public and private investment, said David Dixon, principal-in-charge of planning and urban design at Goody Clancy and Associates. Dixon's company researched market trends and outlined development ideas for Dublin. (Click here to read the entire article)

Preliminary results of the Bridge Street Corridor Study revealed

 Out of the research, Dixon said five guiding principles were created: enhance economic vitality; make the center the heart of the Dublin community; embrace Dublin's natural setting and commitment to sustainability; expand livability choices for Dublin; and create a sense of place that expresses Dublin's commitment to community. (Click here to read the entire article)

David Dixon FAIA will be a moderator at this year's Common Boston Festival

Goody Clancy's David Dixon FAIA, will be a moderator at the 4th annual Common Boston Festival which runs June 17- 27th.

Making Connections: A Public Forum
Thursday, June 24th at 6:30pm
Cloud Place, 647 Boylston Street, Boston

For more information on the Common Boston Forum go to http://commonboston.org/special-events/forum/