by Katherine Williams | Mar 25, 2013 | AAArchs Statistics, African American Architects, Women architects
I started this venture almost three years ago, looking at the numbers of licensed African American architects. I wanted to know what the data said about the trend for people who look like me getting their architecture license in the US. I have yet to find anyone else...
by Katherine Williams | Mar 5, 2013 | African American Architects, community, Community Design
I was invited to expand a previously written post found here about NOMA and it’s importance on the organization’s 40th anniversary. This article was written for the American Planning Association (APA) Planning and the Black Community Division’s...
by Katherine Williams | Jan 12, 2013 | community, Personal development
It’s January; that means that a lot of students who received college acceptance letters are now working on financial aid applications. Several news outlets are covering the topic of low and moderate-income students’ experience getting in to and succeeding...
by Katherine Williams | Dec 17, 2012 | community
My last few posts have been related to transportation in communities. There seems to be a lot of stories in the news that have me reflecting on this. A recent story on NPR’s Morning Edition reported on care features that make it easier for older people to remain...
by Katherine Williams | Dec 10, 2012 | community, Community Design
An article was recently published in Atlantic Cities showing that over time cyclists and pedestrians spend more at local businesses because they visit the businesses more frequently than drivers. The data and graphs supports effort to make communities more pedestrian...
