Get Urban" shows how to avoid high gas prices by schlepping" instead of driving.

Urban Planner Kyle Ezell tells cities and bored and freeway-weary suburbanites how to save themselves by reinvigorating urban neighborhoods in his new book "Get Urban!"

(PRWEB) July 6, 2004 -- Get Urban provides a smart, nuanced and on-the-money look at the forces that are remaking this nation's urban centers. It is must reading for those concerned with revitalizing American cities or making their home there."
Richard Florida, Author, Rise of the Creative Class

In 'Get Urban: The Beginners' Guide to City Living, Ezell helps his readers determine which of four main types of urban settings, or 'urbs, is best for them....And he goes into urban survival skills, including searching for a city home, dealing with the threat of crime and, above all, learning the joys of walking instead of having to drive."
Claudia Pearce, San Diego Union Tribune, March 14, 2004

Dulles, VA: Something is happening. Its just under the radar, but its happening. Recently published urban studies and the growing popularity of city revitalization programs are signs of a major new trend, pointing to evidence that more and more Americans are beginning to change their locations, their homes, and themselves from suburbanites into urbanites. The urban movement is coinciding with the rising gas prices. Kyle Ezell, an urban planner in Columbus, OH, the founder of Get Urban America, and the author of "Get Urban!: The Complete Guide to City Living," explains, "What is changing quickly, especially in heartland cities everywhere, is how forgotten, almost empty neighborhoods are becoming highly attractive places again."

This attitudinal and urban metamorphosis has the potential to affect almost everything in new city dwellers lives. Instead of cutting grass, commuting in traffic jams, taking care of needy houses, and being a long way from shopping and entertainment, many people now want to engage with diverse groups of new friends, simplify their home lives so they can be out more, and even park their cars once and for all. Increasing gasoline prices make city living, where public transportation is readily available, even more palatable.

For millions who grew up in the suburbs or spent their working lives on endless highways commuting to and from cities for work, "Get Urban!" is a practical self-help guide to transforming your lifestyle----from a complacent suburbanite to an exhilarated urban dweller. Learn urban survival skills, including searching for a city home, schlepping," dealing with the threat of crime, preparing for unique urban weather conditions, blending into your new neighborhood, even how to walk again. More than 125 photographs, charts, quizzes, and maps make "Get Urban" an illustrated journey deep inside Americas revitalizing inner cities and a preview of what you can expect if you dare to make the move to an exhilarating urban lifestyle.

Kyle Ezell, A.I.C.P., is a certified city planner and fervent crusader for urban living. He is currently Project Coordinator for Urban Revitalization in Columbus, Ohio, working closely with the Mayor's office, local neighborhood commissions, non-profit corporations, and developers to revitalize the city's inner neighborhoods. He was city planner for downtown Chattanooga involved in the planning, design, and implementation of the nationally acclaimed Tennessee Riverpark and Coolidge Park projects; and a city planner in Maryville, Tennessee and Dublin, Ohio. Certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners, he has been a speaker at the American Planning Association's regional conferences, and been interviewed by numerous newspaper and television media as an expert on revitalizing cities. A dedicated city-lover, he lives in the eclectic Short North neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.

Kyle is the founder of Get Urban America, an organization devoted to revitalizing cities with new urban dwellers and ideas. Get Urban America provides knowledgeable speakers for downtown business and residential development programs and organizations and consulting services to in-town developers who want to excite their potential residential buyers about city living.

Get Urban:
The Complete Guide to City Living
Kyle Ezell
April 2004 ISBN 1-931868-67-0 $18.95
Paper, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, 256 p.p. + 148 b/w photos and b/w illus.