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Switched Site from Textpattern to WordPress… Expect Some Bugs

I am excited to announced that it appears I have successfully moved Walkable Neighborhoods from Textpattern to WordPress! I am still tweaking the design, but you are welcome to check it out. There are, of course, a few glitches which will be painfully obvious. The biggest problem is that NONE of my images moved over. The problem was that I was using a special plugin in Textpattern that placed...

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I Got Engaged… and Found a New Love!

Many of you already know this, but I haven’t officially announced the news yet on this website: I got engaged last summer! The girl who does not yet know what she’s in for is Sarah Bontrager. She’s also an urban planner, though she works in the private sector and focuses mainly on assisting communities with their federal and state grant programs (like CDBG, etc.). We met in the...

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Welcome to neighborhoods.org

I want to welcome you to our new website, neighborhoods.org! Some of you probably already guessed that this was the new website, since I had to effectively put the website up live a few weeks ago. There are still some technical issues that I’m dealing with behind the scenes. Plus, the site design and layout is not completely finished, so you may see some changes over the next few months....

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Back From Seattle. Ohio. Back Online.

Greetings everyone! We had some website issues that took us down for a while. Unfortunately, it also took our site traffic way down. It’s amazing how that can happen so fast. We’re making a steady recovery though and we’ve upgraded our software to the latest version which will hopefully solve the problems. I had an absolutely fantastic time on my trip to Seattle and Ohio....

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Sleepless, Postless in Seattle and Ohio

August has been insane month so far, and that’s before I started traveling. Today, I’m going to make it even more insane. I’m headed to Seattle to visit some friends and explore its walkable neighborhoods. After a few days, it’s off to Ohio to visit friends in Dayton and a wedding in Wooster. So, I may or may not be able to post while I’m there. Rest assured, I will...

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What’s New With Us

April and May were rather busy months, and I’m afraid my writing frequency suffered because of this. June might not be any different for me, but I wanted to share some ideas and changes I have in mind for the direction of Walkable Neighborhoods. These changes might help free up some time for additional postings. First, I wanted to give an update on me since many of you have been asking. I...

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