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‘Innovation Districts’ are the heart of our economic growth: Since this blog’s first articles in 2003, the vision has been about
Pedestrian Streets in the U.S. 2014: While there are several dozen entries on car free places (presented in
Apple and Burning Man set car-free precedents: First of all, yes, Apple’s campus is an isolated spaceship completely disconnected
Tactical Urbanism: Short-term action for long-term change: Why wait for neighborhood change when you can do it yourself? Citizens
Learning from the Burning Man principles in our cities: This is the ultimate demonstration of crowdsourced placemaking in the world: 70,000
A model for crowdplacemaking is… in Vegas?: What happens when you take a crowdsourced pop-up city of 60,000 people
The economic benefits to businesses in walkable communities: Walkable is good for business. A November 2013 report, Business Performance in Walkable
Young adults, community building, lead downtown revitalization: Let’s try something different in this post. Because I can’t find something
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Crowdsourcing a pop-up city of 60,000 in the desert: One week, it’s a vast desert revealing zero signs of any kind
Crowdsourced placemaking goes regional in Long Island: While a number of communities are taking on the crowdsourced placemaking of their downtowns,
Smart growth produces 10 times more tax revenue: Finally, evidence of what we all knew: Walkable communities save/create significant $
Study: Millennials lead trend to walkable communities: The actual headlines based on a new U.S. PIRG study, “New Direction: Our
Why Buying Local is Worth Every Cent: Ever wish there was a single graphic that effectively summarized the benefits
WalkUP Wake-Up Call’ report a model for walkability: We know there’s a demand for walkable communities, but what about the
Fundrise pioneers crowd-invested placemaking: Just seven months ago we were outlining the inevitability of crowd-invested placemaking.
The greenest office building in the world: Forget LEED certification, the standard for green building, the folks behind this
What emerging generations really want: A piazza: As the 1600+ entries in this blog provide evidence for, emerging generations
How the triple-bottom-line will save a town’s economy: What’s happening in Bristol, Connecticut (pop. 61,000), home of ESPN, is pretty