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Tag Archives: Rustbelt
Futbol and the Rebuilding of a Community
Want to read an inspirational story today? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. It may not quite be on the scale of a romance novel, but the story of the Detroit City Futbol League (DCFL) is sure to make a … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Economic Development, Education, Messaging & Technology, Multiculturalism
Tagged 21c3, Belle Isle, Cities, Civic Engagement, Community Engagement, Corktown, Detroit, Detroit City Futbol Club, Detroit City Futbol League, Le Rouge, Lets Save Michigan, Northern Guard, Rustbelt, Sean Mann, Soccer League, Urbanism
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In Detroit this Sunday? Check out the Marche du Nain Rouge
Come join Detroit’s best “pop-up” parade! “Come purge the bad and rejoice the beginning of spring! March 24, 2013in the Cass Corridor, 1 p.m. Detroit · marchedunainrouge.com” Check out my EoP post from last year on this awesome event, “La … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Economic Development, Messaging & Technology, Physical Design & Walkability
Tagged 21c3, Cass Corridor, Cities, Civic Engagement, Community Engagement, Detroit, Lets Save Michigan, Marche du Nain Rouge, Placemaking, public art, Rustbelt, Urbanism
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If you are a placemaker, an aspiring pop up retailer, and you Tweet then you may want to check out this event
Attention All Placemaking+Pop Up Retail+Twitter Enthusiasts: On Tuesday, the grassroots focused organization Let’s Save Michigan will host its second Twitter-based conversation, bringing together experts in an open dialogue about placemaking. The first event was themed around transportation. This time, the … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Messaging & Technology, Prosperity Agenda
Tagged #LSMPopUps, 21c3, Cities, Civic Engagement, Community Engagement, Detroit, Economic Development, Economics, Economics of Place, Entrepreneurship, EoP, Innovation, Job Creation, Lets Save Michigan, Lou Glazer, Michigan Future Inc., Michigan Municipal League, Pittsburgh, placemarket, Pop Up Retail, Retail, Rustbelt, Urbanism
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A Tale of Two (Shrinking) Cities, Historic Preservation Style
Congratulations to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Michigan Historic Preservation Network upon publication of PUTTING THE RIGHT IN RIGHT-SIZING: A historic preservation case study. The report makes a great case for preservation as shrinking cities struggle to … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Economic Development, Green Initiatives, Physical Design & Walkability, Prosperity Agenda
Tagged #LoveLansing, 21c3, Americana Foundation, Architecture, Cities, CNU, Economic Development, Economics of Place, Green, Historic Preservation, Job Creation, Lansing, Lets Save Michigan, Michigan Municipal League, MSHPO, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Old Town Lansing, Rustbelt, Saginaw, Shrinking Cities, State Capitol, Sustainability, Urban Design, Urbanism
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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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