2021 Year in Review: Carol Todreas, Consultant, Todreas Hanley Associates

What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? The biggest lesson learned during the pandemic was how important it is for people to congregate with other people. This in turn led to thinking about how our streets and neighborhoods could work better so that people could easily have places to enjoy others. The biggest example was letting restaurants expand into streets, and what a surprise that even though summer became autumn (and cooler), the street decks of restaurants were still filled. Now the challenge is how do we plan for community life in our neighborhoods; How do we get the right retail? Green space? Street life? Vibrancy?