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Tag Archives: Urban Design
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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Detroit’s Importance
The following shortened blog post is adapted from my column in the upcoming March/April edition of The Review magazine. The editon will be filled with stories about how Detroit is being reimagined and reinvigorated. ***************************** Imagine your body without your … Continue reading
Posted in Prosperity Agenda
Tagged 21c3, Cities, Detroit, Economic Development, Economics, Economics of Place, Innovation, Job Creation, Jobs, Lets Save Michigan, Lou Glazer, Michigan Future Inc., Michigan Municipal League, Placemaking, Quicken Loans, The M@dison Building, Urban Design, 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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Building a Marketplace for Placemaking: A Meeting of the Minds
For the next day-and-a-half I have the distinct pleasure of working with some of the leading minds in placemaking from around the country. People like Fred Kent, John Norquist, Josh McManus, Nate Berg and about 50 others are gathered at … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Economic Development, Education, Entrepreneurship, Green Initiatives, Messaging & Technology, Multiculturalism, Physical Design & Walkability, Prosperity Agenda, Uncategorized
Tagged 21c3, Atlantic Cities, Cincinnati, Cities, Civic Engagement, Cleveland, CNU, Community Engagement, Dan Gilmartin, Detroit, downtowns, Economic Development, Economics of Place, Fowling, Fred Kent, Grand Rapids, Green, Hatch Detroit, Indianapolis, Infrastructure, Innovation, John Norquist, Josh McManus, Lets Save Michigan, Michigan Municipal League, Model D, Nate Berg, Publius.org, Rustbelt, Sustainability, Urban Design, Urbanism
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