Reforming planning, zoning, and development codes to improve the safety and access ability of walking to school. The Problem The built environment has a significant impact to walking to school. Things like the physical layout of neighborhoods, the location of schools relative to housing, and the design of street grid all plan in important role. […]

Pilot project to implement an intensive intervention focused on one school and its surrounding neighborhood. The scope of work ranged from direct student programming all the way up to district-wide policy review.  James Elementary is part of the Kansas City Public Schools and is located in the Indian Mound Neighborhood of the city’s Historic Old […]