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If you haven't yet listened to the episode, have a look at Mike Spicer and my blog on the #LEDConfidential episode with Salford City Council Mayor #PaulDennett covering so many of the current key agendas in #LED and #placemaking - #devolution, #regeneration, #localauthority finance, among others. What would your place draw from 'the Salford Way' and what would you do differently?

Listen in to the latest episode as we talked about the shift in downtown Mesa from a bustling downtown to the forgotten area to reinventing itself into a booming economic area and drawing in top developers and tenants to grow and thrive! #upfrontplanningpodcast

More of these narratives please!!!

"It will make you cry." - Stephanie Barber Geter. I was honored to meet and interview Stephanie Barber-Geter for my film "Buffalo: America's Best Designed City." (see an excerpt below) Mrs. Barber-Geter (1954-2024) was a "community pillar" for Buffalo - an original opponent of the destruction of Humboldt Parkway, and a tireless champion for restoring it. Eleven years ago, we released the film in which she appears, which now has 1.2 million views. The film reminds Buffalo that it was once "the best-planned city in the world," and recounts how it later squandered that legacy in a series of tragic decisions: Buffalo rammed freeways through its one-of-a-kind world-class Olmsted parks; and for good measure, the city added a freeway all along the entire waterfront, cutting off downtown and historic neighborhoods from access to the Niagara River and Lake Erie. There really is only one path forward for Buffalo. It's especially obvious now that even the economic development experts (after so many failed silver bullet projects) have realized that the best economic development is actually #placemaking. Buffalo can easily reclaim its title as America's best-designed city - and it does not require some insanely expensive expenditure or innovative invention. The money and technology to fix it exist right now. It is eminently doable. It simply requires removing the freeways. This is not even a radical proposal anymore. #FreewayRemoval has been done in cities all across America and around the world, and it has worked every time. Milwaukee, Seoul, San Francisco, Rochester, the list goes on. Stephanie Barber Geter spoke the truth. Hopefully, other civic leaders will finally rise up and call for the removal of freeways, the reconnection to the waterfront, and complete restoration of Olmsted's parks and parkways.

It's taken a few months, but I have my newest deep dive history of downtown Gainesville, part two of a three-part history. The 1980's were the first steps in revitalization. By focusing on designing for people and investing in the arts we created the sparks that would make downtown a lively city center by the early 2000's. How we funded that and how these decisions made downtown what it is today was what I focused on. Give it a read and let me know what you think: https://lnkd.in/gdCwxspF

Hailed as one of Texas’ fastest growing cities, #PrincetonTexas exudes the charm of a small town but boasts the commercial appeal of a modern metropolis. With its strategic location to key universities and flourishing housing market where the city’s “bursting at the seams with rooftops, Princeton TX is unlike any other city. Read this feature article about the evolution of a city that wants to lead, set the pace and set the standard: https://lnkd.in/gpXHd-NZ Lite & Barricade Peoples Bank Texas Meritage Homes Princeton-Lowry Crossing Chamber of Commerce The NRP Group LLC Armani Homes #Princeton #Texas #LoneStarState #strategicgrowth #collegetown #boomingmarket #housingmarket #city #smalltowncharm #leadership #highstandard #qualityliving #businessparks #infrastructure #growth #recreation #businessgrowth #evolution

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What makes Marlborough so attractive to the business community? Peter Abair, Executive Director of MassEcon, shares his thoughts on how the city's top-notch workforce, highway access and more contribute on a past episode of #ExploringEconomicDevelopment. If you have a company based in Marlborough, tell us what you love about doing business here! #MarlboroughMA #ChooseMarlborough #ThinkMarlborough #EconomicDevelopment

After City of Rochester , Ville de Paris 🧐😉 How remove an inner loop like a « périphérique » ? "When we were talking about this project a decade ago, it was in economic terms, pure benefit cost: Remove this highway, generate investment, benefits outweigh the costs by more than 2-to-1." Now, the conversation is "much more socially oriented. What impacts have these highways had on communities? What can be done to reverse that? How do we heal wounds and restore trust?" On top of a $75 million, 90,000-square-foot museum expansion completed last summer, 238 apartments, over 100 of which are for people making between 60% to 80% area median income, and 126-room Hampton Inn by Hilton hotel. Konar Properties Indus hospitality Anne Hidalgo Emmanuelle COSSE Jean-Philippe Dugoin-Clément Valérie Pécresse L'Institut Paris Region Région Île-de-France AORIF - L'Union sociale pour l'habitat d'Ile-de-France FPI IDF - Fédération des promoteurs immobiliers d'Île-de-France Pierre Bibet Julien PEMEZEC 🌲🌍 Bloomberg Bloomberg CityLab Bloomberg News LinkedIn Actualités Guillaume Voisard Vincent Lourier Yves-Marie Rolland Eric Tréguier L'Union des Architectes (Unsfa) Villes Vivantes Olivier Duparc Frédéric Ragueneau #architecture #urbanisme

Not for or against this idea. Just thinking it through from a #marketdemand perspective. Is #induceddemand the driving theory behind this proposal? If #visitor-driven, how will location relate to where most downtown #hotel rooms are located (ie. towards #UnionSquare)? We’re working on #downtown #masterplans across the #unitedstates right now, so interested to see how this evolves and if it’s a model for other cities. #retailresilience #communitydesign #economicdevelopment #downtownrecovery #sanfrancisco #retail #foodandbeverage