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Get in Early and Get in Often

October 11, 2020 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

A successful design requires the collaboration, participation, and consensus of many. In the public sector you have to get in…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Building, Codes, Colleagues, communities, Developers, Government, Planning, Public Policy, Restless, Tools, Urban Design

Mixed Use or Mess Use?

July 8, 2019 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

Mixed-use should be encouraged, however, when does a mixed-use become a messed use?

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Posted in: CIty, Congress for the New Urbanism, parking, Public Policy, Restless, Urban Design Filed under: Development, Mixed-Use, Parking

Urban Renewal Remembrance Day

May 4, 2017 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

May 4th is the birthday of the urban evangelist Jane Jacobs, it is also the day that Urban Planners pause…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Government, Infrastructure, Planning, Profession, Public Policy Filed under: Highways, Jane Jacobs, Public Policy, Urban Renewal

When Organization’s Go Political

May 3, 2017 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

If you read any of your news feeds, you are likely to believe that the world has gone completely mad.…

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Posted in: Government, Profession, Public Policy, Restless Filed under: Leadership, Politics, Profession

Zoning is Tough

April 11, 2017 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

Zoning by design is complex, and frankly does not achieve anything but a healthy and lucrative litigation practice. The complexity…

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Posted in: Codes, Planning, Profession, Public Policy Filed under: Codes, Form Based Code, Zoning

Strong Towns Transportation Summit

March 31, 2017 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

This weekend I am in Tulsa, Oklahoma, catching up with 250 of my Strong Towns friends.  Over the next couple…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Colleagues, Infrastructure, Public Policy, transportation Filed under: Strong Towns, Transportation, Tulsa

Beauty in Your City

June 10, 2016 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

“There is no excuse to build anything that does not add beauty to the City.” -Mayor Joe Riley. Last night…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Congress for the New Urbanism, Design, Government, Public Policy Filed under: CNU, Mayor, Visioning

Post TARP

March 19, 2010 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

As a recent public servant, I can see the storm on the horizon. It is going to be a very…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Public Policy Filed under: Federal Government, Public Policy, Public Spending, TARP

Is the Congress for the New Urbanism really that different then the Tea Party?

February 2, 2010 Restless Urbanist Leave a comment

As I watch the Tea Party coverage on CSPAN, the similarities are striking to the National meeting of the Congress…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Colleagues, Congress for the New Urbanism, Public Policy Filed under: Politics, Protests, Tea Party

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