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Tag Archives: Phil Cooley
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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Ponyride: Off and Galluping
You may remember my blog post of January 4, 2012 on Ponyride. Well, I promised an update on the Phil Cooley led experiment in entrepreneurship and city building. I am glad to report that Phil and Co. are doing wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Economic Development, Education, Entrepreneurship, Green Initiatives, Multiculturalism
Tagged Corktown, Detroit, Entrepreneurship, Phil Cooley, Ponyride, Redevelopment, Slows BBQ, Small Business, Urbanism, Veronika Scott
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Ponyride- A Cool Idea for Combating Blight through Creative Entrepreneurship
Happy New Year! Phil Cooley and a host of friends and like minded colleagues have been working in an old industrial building in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit for months. Their goal? To create a unique space for creatives and … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Economic Development, Education, Entrepreneurship, Green Initiatives, Physical Design & Walkability
Tagged Architecture, Brownfields, Corktown, Creative Class, Detroit, Lets Save Michigan, Michigan Central Depot, Michigan Municipal League, Phil Cooley, Ponyride, Sean Mann, Slows, TIME Magazine
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Prosperity Agenda: Making Great 21st Century Places
Check out the new audio feed from last night’s Prosperity Agenda on WJR, featuring co-host Stephen Henderson of the Detroit Free Press. The subject: how to make vibrant, 21st century places. Guests include walkability expert Dan Burden, Traverse City-based expert … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Physical Design & Walkability, Prosperity Agenda
Tagged Dan Burden, Detroit, Freep, Phil Cooley, Slows BBQ, Stephen Henderson, walkability
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