Kathleen McCormick

Kathleen McCormick, principal of Fountainhead Communications LLC in Boulder, Colorado, is a writer and editor focused on sustainable design and the environment.

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Design and Planning

Success Factors for Modern Master-Planned Communities

What’s creative and different in modern master-planned communities (MPCs) was the focus of a ULI Fall Meeting panel that shared lessons learned from conception, launch, and execution of new MPCs. “We’re trying to create ‘the new real,’ ” said Susan Hebel Watts, vice president of real estate development for WestRock, which is building four MPCs outside of Charleston, South Carolina.

November 2, 2015

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Kathleen McCormick

Resilience and Sustainability

Creating a Culture of Safer and Healthier Environments

“It’s time to make a shift and recalibrate our choices to make the healthy choice the easy choice, and to make health the choice for a better America,” declared Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation’s largest foundation devoted to health, at the Changing World Speaker Series: Sustainability, Resilience, and Health during the 2015 ULI Fall Meeting in San Francisco.

October 19, 2015

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Kathleen McCormick

Design and Planning

Residential

Cottle Transit Village: Dense Mixed Use in San Jose

Walkable streetscapes, housing, and other uses are coming to the sprawling Silicon Valley city.

September 25, 2015

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Kathleen McCormick

Economy, Market & Trends

Retail/Entertainment

Creating Healthier Food and Beverage Experiences in Retail

At the ULI Fall Meeting, panelists discussed the shifting role of food and beverage offerings at retail centers. With more and more purchases occurring online, panelists explained how food has emerged as the big draw from Australia to New York City.

November 7, 2014

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Kathleen McCormick

Resilience and Sustainability

Residential

Housing and Health: From Research to Real Deals

Panelists advocated for policies leading to healthier lives, built on a platform of affordable, green, and community-oriented housing at the 2014 ULI Fall Meeting in New York City.

November 4, 2014

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Kathleen McCormick

Economy, Market & Trends

MPCs Are Bouncing Back, Adding Health and a Sense of Place

Panelists at the ULI Fall Meeting session discussed what’s selling in master-planned communities and how to attract buyers with healthy and hip amenities that create a unique sense of character and place.

November 4, 2014

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Kathleen McCormick

Development and Construction

News

What’s Next for Multigenerational Housing and Intergenerational Communities?

In spring 2013, the leadership of two ULI product councils—the Senior Housing Council and the Community Development Council—came together on the idea of exploring an issue that was becoming increasingly important among their council members: intergenerational living.

September 2, 2014

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Kathleen McCormick

Development and Construction

Resorts/Second Homes

Building for the Generations

In many--and sometimes surprising--ways, 55-and-older consumers are seeking the same housing amenities and lifestyles as their youngers.

July 28, 2014

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Kathleen McCormick

Design and Planning

Smart Cities

Housing Helps Make Colorado One of the Healthiest States

Developers in Colorado—which has a statewide vacancy rate of just 4.5 percent—are responding to increased demands from millennials and baby boomers for housing focused on healthy and intergenerational living, said Patrick Coyle, director of the state’s housing division, at the closing general session of the ULI Housing Opportunity 2014 conference in Denver.

June 2, 2014

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Kathleen McCormick

Resilience and Sustainability

Residential

Affordable Housing as a Vaccine for Healthier Children

Medical professionals are now looking “upstream” to determine how to improve children’s health through housing, said speakers at the ULI Housing Opportunity conference.

May 19, 2014

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Kathleen McCormick

Resilience and Sustainability

Fall Meeting

Building Healthy Places: Doing Well and Good

At a panel at the ULI Fall Meeting in Chicago, Anne Warhover, president and chief executive officer of the Colorado Health Foundation (CHF), noted that 90 percent of overall health depends on factors other than healthcare, such as lifestyle choices, education, and income.

November 15, 2013

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Kathleen McCormick

Resilience and Sustainability

News

Making Healthy Places Happen

Making healthy places happen requires vision and commitment, according to a panel of ULI J.C. Nichols Prize laureates, who offered insight into the challenges of implementing a healthy living culture.

November 15, 2013

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Kathleen McCormick

Urban Land Contributors