The document summarizes Jane Jacob's view on the importance of walking and outlines the key elements of land-use planning such as protecting the landscape, creating streetscapes, and ensuring neighborhoods are walkable with a mix of uses. It discusses biblical references to caring for places and people and encourages imagining and drawing neighborhood designs that incorporate these planning principles.

1. Jane’s Walk
for St. Paul’s Kids
12 April 2015
“… You’ve got to get out and walk.”
-Jane Jacobs, Downtown is for People, 1957.

2. What is Planning?
 Land-use planning:
 Protects the Landscape
 Creates the Streetscape
What is Planning?

3. In the beginning God…
• … created the
heavens and the
earth. Genesis 1:1
• … put him in the
Garden of Eden to
work it and take care
of it. Genesis 2:15

4. Jesus had given them a good
answer…
• … Love the Lord your
God with all your
heart… Mark 12:29
• Love your neighbour
as yourself. Mark 12:31

5. The Bible says
Look after this place O.T. Look after these people
N.T.

6. Build a neighbourhood
Imagine it Draw it

7. Walk-able

8. Mix of Uses

9. Buildings

10. Getting around

11. Earth

12. Walkscore
• Out of 100 the score for:
– St. Paul’s = 86
– My house = 52
– Orillia = 47
http://www.walkscore.com/score

13. The Popsicle Test!

15. said…

17. Where is place?
Natural Diversity Human Diversity
Natural Rural Suburban Urban Area Urban Core