West Lampeter Village Project Recognized
W. Lampeter Village Expansion
Lancaster County Planning Commission awarded the West Lampeter Village Renewal Project with a 2010 Leadership Award. TCA’s Lancaster Office contributed to the project, which was recognized for its adherence to Smart Growth Principles.
Tom slated to lead Tour of Manayunk
Trail along Manayunk Canal
Come out and join Tom Comitta on Saturday, April 10th for an enlightening tour of his hometown in Manayunk, PA. Highlights of the tour include:
+ the Main Street Renaissance;
+ the Manayunk Canal;
+ Pretzel Park;
+ the Wall;
+ the North Light Community Center;
+ the sub-neighborhoods around 5 churches/parishes; and
+ the SEPTA Train Station.
The Tour is in association with the PA Chapter of the Congress for New Urbanism and is scheduled from 10AM to 2PM. Tour admission and lunch will be provided free for the first 20 people to RSVP to Kelly at 610-696-3896 x 110.
Green Innovations in Town Planning & Landscape Architecture
Since the 1860’s when Frederick Law Olmstead helped to design Central Park in New York City, thousands of town planners and landscape architects have helped to humanize the built environment. Following in the tradition of our forefathers, Thomas Comitta Associates, Inc. (TCA) has helped to advance the art and science of Placemaking.
TCA has collaborated to create spaces that are attractive, functional and desirable. We have promoted the general welfare of towns and townships, communities and cities, parks and playgrounds. We have helped to improve the self-esteem of communities that have fallen on hard times (such as impoverished boroughs, villages, and unincorporated places). We have helped to beautify streetscapes, landscapes, and hardscapes.
TCA is proud to announce that it will be sharing its more than 35 years of experience in its first publication “Green Innovations in Town Planning and Landscape Architecture”, expected in 2010. Green Innovations will profile the transformation of places and spaces that people inhabit in their “pursuit of happiness”. It will showcase what our forefathers have taught us, identify best practices in the Greening of America, and offer food for thought on overall Green Innovations in your neighborhood, community and habitat.
TCA receives ASLA Award
On March 6, Thomas Comitta Associates, Inc. and the City of Lancaster received an Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects for their Urban Park, Recreation and Open Space Plan. This comprehensive document addresses the challenges of successful public space utilization, represents an effective private-public partnership to foster community participation and ownership, and exemplifies many attributes of Smart Growth. Its aggressive strategies guide future open space enhancements within distinctive City neighborhoods to encourage redevelopment, place-making, and connectivity of ‘green’ urban infrastructure. It recognizes that ‘green’ infrastructure benefits the City’s environmental quality, community health, and a sustainable economy through greater community investment.
TCA’s Official Blog
Welcome to the new TCA Blog on all things Land Planning and Landscape Architecture. Here you’ll find staff reflections on our diverse experience in the world of town planning, landscape architecture, urban design, expert witness testimony, traditional neighborhood development (TND), Form-Based Codes (FBC), and much, much more.
We hope you find the information posted here useful, and that you will come back often. Also feel free to “Ask Tom” your questions regarding our areas of expertise, land use trends, or “how-to….”. We welcome your input and feedback.