Streets like my own are becoming more desirable for Black Americans and others looking for better deals down South According to an article last Wednesday in the New York Times, a reverse great migration of African-Americans from the North to the South is occurring. Reasons cited are lack of jobs for young Black graduates, ability […]
Last year, I wrote a list of wishes for 2011. Looking back, a number of those wishes have come true. The Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship, a beloved start-up incubator, is set to get remodeled and become bigger and better.We have the promise of HondaJet expanding in Greensboro. I witnessed the Greensboro City Council get better […]
Charlotte at night, home of this week’s New Partners for Smart Growth Conference This week, Charlotte will be hosting the New Partners for Smart Growth conference from Thursday through Saturday. I plan on spending Friday at the conference learning about efforts North Carolina and other states are taking to make its streets complete, involve schools […]
Of course the hotel is transit accessible, but you couldn’t capture my glee when I walked out to this station Friday after following signs labeled trolley station. Hotel is to the right of this picture. As I mentioned before, I spent Friday February 4th, 2011 at the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in Charlotte, […]
I’ve been selected as a rider ambassador for my local commuter transit system. As part of my duties, I’m to utilize some form of transit (bus, carpool or vanpool) twice a week. This is the account of my first ride on the bus on November 24, 2010. 11:49 AM ET I was supposed to do […]
Street festivals are great examples of Grassroots Planning, bringing vibrancy to the street and exposing people to businesses and parks they may not know about. (Image Credit, Myself) I know many of my readers are like myself. They can’t draw buildings or maps. However, they may have the time and money to go out and […]
Can I really make a difference for urbanism with just my keyboard? (Image Credit Sharon McMillan) It really did all start with a map. I’ve told my story before, but I wanted to revisit it again this week as we will be talking about grassroots planning. This week also marks the launch of my new […]
A group of people who are happy, is this your neighborhood association board? It should be. You either pay exorbitant amounts of money to it or you have moved to a community on purpose to get away from it. You probably want to get rid of it, especially if you want to tear out your […]
Urban Target Store in Minneapolis (Photo Credit: Wikimedia) Ahh, the urbanist’s dreaded big box. No one wants the thing in their neighborhood, but oh do we love having Trader Joes and Whole Foods nearby. Never mind that the Trader Joes moved into the old Wal-Mart space and the Whole Foods was built next door to […]
