Day 1... of a digital experiment in community design

Today is February 14th, Valentine's Day. And I am writing a post on a blog about urban design. That fact in itself might say more about me than anything else that may follow.

Today is the first (published) day of what will probably be a lifetime effort to improve the world around me, in one way or another. The story starts long ago, but let's start with today and go forward. I am currently halfway through a Master's Degree in Community Planning At Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. While other schools might call a similar program City Planning, Urban Panning, or even Urban Design, I find the community aspect of it more and more interesting all the time.

Through this blog, and other related media sources, I am going to try to share my thoughts, my research, and my experiences in the areas of Urban Design, Downtown Revitalization, and what certain cities are doing, could do,and maybe even should do to improve the public spaces and public life in their town. That's where the name "The Public Realm" came from, if you haven't figured that out yet. I hope it will be a place for people to put their heads, their muscle, and their resources together to bring about positive changes in the places we live.

Thanks for listening.