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Category Archives: Transit
Jane’s Walk This Weekend
The good people at Let’s Save Michigan have taken it upon themselves to coordinate “an international event that gathers neighbors together to walk, talk, and generate ideas to get local residents involved in the future of their cities.” Jane’s Walk, … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Economic Development, Green Initiatives, Physical Design & Walkability, Prosperity Agenda, Transit
Tagged 21c3, Cities, Civic Engagement, CNU, Complete Streets, Economics of Place, Jane's Walk, Lets Save Michigan, Michigan Municipal League, Sustainability, Urban Design, Urbanism, walkability
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Small Town Placemaking, Economic Growth on Display
Tuesday, I am fortunate to be the keynote at the ninth annual Small Town and Rural Development Conference. Sometimes I think we place so much emphasis on community building in big cities that smaller places are often overlooked. However, most … Continue reading
A Big Week in Michigan
UPDATE 4/11/13: The League’s Capital Conference was an interesting event. I have not seen, in my time working with communities, so many really unhappy local officials with the direction of the state government. I expect that there will be a … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Multiculturalism, Physical Design & Walkability, Prosperity Agenda, Transit
Tagged #mmlconf, 21c3, Cities, Community Engagement, Complete Streets, Compuware, Dan Gilbert, Detroit, Economic Development, Economics of Place, Fred Kent, Michigan Municipal League, Placemaking, Project for Public Spaces, Prosperity Agenda, Quicken Loans, Urbanism
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The Prosperity Agenda: Transportation Talk Should Include Public Transit, Economic Development
Transportation funding is currently the hot topic in Lansing, but the discussion shouldn’t just be about funding for roads. On this month’s Prosperity Agenda we talk about transportation funding in the larger context of what it can mean for our … Continue reading
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ATTN: Urbanists, Traffic Engineers, City Planners: History is the Best Teacher
I have blogged before about the problems that we caused when we stopped building our neighborhoods for people and started building them for cars. The example that I used in the post that is linked above was a comparison … Continue reading
Posted in Physical Design & Walkability, Prosperity Agenda, Transit
Tagged 21c3, Cities, CNU, Complete Streets, Corktown, Corktown History Blog, Dan Gilmartin, Detroit, Economics of Place, Engineering, Infrastructure, Lets Save Michigan, Michigan, Michigan Avenue, Michigan Municipal League, Paul Sewack, Paul Szewczyk, Phil Cooley, Placemaking, Roger Rabbit, Roosevelt Park, Rustbelt, Slows, Sustainability, Traffic, Transportation, Urban Design, Urbanism, walkability
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