2013 Weekly Snapshots Archive

Farm day celebration

Families enjoy the many activities at Spring Farming Days at Frying Pan Farm Park in Herndon, Va. From grinding corn by hand to visiting with recently shorn sheep, visitors enjoyed a hands-on experience at this working 1950’s replica farm. Photo courtesy of Don Sweeney, Fairfax County Park Authority photographer.

Transportation Expo

Donald Shoup, professor of Urban Planning at UCLA speaks at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s 23rd Annual Meeting & Exposition in Nashville, Tenn.

RainWorks Challenge

EPA Regional Administrator Susan Hedman (center) views a green infrastructure project design with a student team at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. The team shared first place honors in the EPA's first-ever Campus RainWorks Challenge, a new program created to inspire the next generation of landscape architects, planners and engineers to develop green infrastructure systems to reduce storm water pollution.

Cowboy festival

Santa Clarita, Calif., saddled up April 18 for its 20th annual Cowboy Festival hosted by SENSES, a part of City’s Arts and Events department. Hundreds of cowboys and cowgirls crowded Main Street for the event’s kick off block party which included line dancing, live country music, gourmet food trucks, street performers and even a mechanical bull.

Chicago parks

A computer generated projection of Maggie Daley Park, one of 300 slated for renovation in the Chicago Plays initiative, demonstrates the different types of new play equipment that will be available to the city's children. Over the next five years the Chicago Park District plans to renovate, rebuild and repair over 300 city parks.

New Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas administered the Oath of Allegiance to 25 citizenship candidates, who celebrated after getting their Certificates of Naturalization.

Published April 15, 2013

President visits Miami transportation project

President Obama toured the construction site for the new Port of Miami tunnel on March 29 as part of an outreach program to encourage greater spending on infrastructure improvements. The $1 billion tunnel project will link the Port of Miami with the interstate highway system (I-395 and I-95). When completed in August 2014, the tunnel will provide improved access for trucks and cruise passengers destined for the Port of Miami, taking heavy traffic off the streets of downtown Miami, eliminating a source of congestion and improving air quality.

Published April 8, 2013

Shootings in New Jersey

Mayor Cory A. Booker, South Ward Councilman Ras Baraka, Police Director Samuel A. DeMaio and Police Chief Sheilah A. Coley address the recent shootings in Newark.

Published March 29, 2013

Senior Recreation Center

Located in Northside Park, the Gainesville/Alachua County Senior Recreation Center is a 17,000-square-foot recreation center maintained in partnership with ElderCare of Alachua County and the City of Gainesville.

Published March 22, 2013

Bench with a view

The "Re-Cord" bench was chosen as one of 20 semi-finalists for Design Museum Boston's Street Seats Design Challenge, supported by government grants. After all 20 designs are installed around Fort Point Channel — where they will remain through October — three grand prize winners will be selected.

Published March 18, 2013

Beauty and the street

Photographer Rob Williams captures the new trees and planters along 14th Street in Denver. The planters and trees are one of many upgrades in the area's make-over.

Published March 4, 2013

P3

Samara Barend, vice president, P3 development director at AECOM Capital, speaks on the various facets of public/private partnerships under the auspices of Urban Land Institute in Manhattan.

Published Feb. 19, 2013

Curbing obesity

Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory A. Booker discusses the decision to offer discounted Weight Watchers memberships to Newark municipal employees as part of the city's efforts to curb obesity.

Published Feb. 13, 2013

Teaching the next generation

Students at the John A. Patten Rec Center in Chattanooga learn Defensive Driving techniques as part of a city program. Photo submitted by from John Van Winkle, City Traffic Engineer.

Published Feb. 11, 2013

Remembering King

Newark's 25th annual "Sing in Praise of King" celebration included a performance by Rev. Stef & Jubilation, under the direction of Rev. Dr. Stefanie Minatee. The event celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo by Anthony Alvarez, Newark Press Information Office.

Published Jan. 29, 2013

The finish

This wood sculpture, "The Finish," is part of Santa Clarita, Calif.'s Common Spaces: Art in Public Places campaign. The 14-feet high sculpture represents a runner's excitement after crossing the finish line in a race. The sculpture by artist Scott Bruckner is the third piece of art installed along Santa Clarita's South Fork Trail, which runs through the heart of the city.

Published Jan. 11, 2013

Sand castles

This imposing edifice was among the entries recently in the annual Sand Sculpting Championship in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. The event draws thousands of spectators to watch artists create lifelike sculptures in the sand. Photo submitted by Eloise Pennington, administrative manager in the City of Fort Myers IT department.

Published Jan. 4, 2013

Weight Watchers

Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory A. Booker discusses the decision to offer discounted Weight Watchers memberships to Newark municipal employees as part of the city’s efforts to curb obesity.