Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s good business' " One of the many regrets I have is not getting a PhD in planning. My intended thesis was around urban planning and civic participation and engagement, because local land use issues are the issue most likely to get people involved in local civic affairs, other than having children and being involved in education issues.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 10, 2023

There's been lots of national coverage about the rise in pickleball participation (" Pickleball is exploding, and it’s getting messy ," Washington Post , " America's fastest-growing sport is a cross of tennis, pingpong and badminton ," NPR), the development of professional pickleball leagues, etc. So I started developing such a tool.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

" Since I got involved in urban revitalization I argued that DC had five competitive advantages: 1. an urban design dating from the walking and transit city eras of urban development, therefore supporting walkability, transit, and biking 3. historic architecture 2.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

There are so many bad ideas and implementation, how can I not excel at gap analysis? First think about the absolute worst When looking for a business breakthrough, a design innovation, or a flash of artistic insight, it’s smart to think in reverse ," but I forgot. The title puts gap analysis in perspective. But it's also about brainstorming.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

From " Designing urban parks that ameliorate the effects of climate change ," Landscape and Urban Planning : During heat waves now and in the future urban microclimates put human health at risk. But not much has been addressed since the plan was released in 2010! for interpretation.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Main Street commercial district revitalization practice grew out of HP and a desire to save "old buildings" in the face of the development of shopping centers, chain retail, and broken microeconomies. Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers ," (2021) -- " Revisiting St. Part 1: Overview and Theoretical Foundations ," (2021) -- " St.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

Equitable development plan. The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points. First is workforce development. First, address the crappy location: Urban design and transit connection s. Who wants to hang out by a freeway?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

But when a concerted organizing campaign was developed, she was chosen to be the face. Other urban renewal initiatives didn't help. Interestingly, like a lot of history, Rosa Parks wasn't the first to do this, not even in Montgomery, Alabama (" Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin ," NPR).

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