by Katherine Williams | Jun 25, 2013 | community, home life
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you may have seen my occasional posts titled “day … | [insert word here].” Last summer I moved back to Virginia and I needed a way to document that. Maybe I subconsciously knew I wouldn’t be able to...
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...
by Katherine Williams | Dec 4, 2012 | community, home life
Last week my mom would have turned 62. We are all saddened she couldn’t be here. However, the number of people that reached out to us over the last month was an awesome testimony to her life and the value she gave to so many in her many community circles and the...
