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Livable City

Aug 18, 2020

What do city budgets, wise infrastructure investments and mom and pop shops have to do with a livable city? Turns out, quite a lot.

 

If our cities and our towns can’t make wise and measured investments in the right things, then it’s going to struggle to be a place that people can thrive in.

 

How about progressive...


Aug 4, 2020

Part II of the conversation with Larry Beasley and Jonathan Barnett.

Why do we even live in cities? There's been a lot of criticism about them during the pandemic which makes this the perfect time to reflect on this very question. Larry and Jonathan discuss this and much more in this second half of the conversation, the...


Jul 22, 2020

If you were in a position to lead a plan to make your city more livable, how would you do it, what would you do? How would you go about instilling your vision for greater livability but in close collaboration with your fellow city residents, how would you do that?

My two guests today for part one of a two part series...


Jul 6, 2020

As they say, a picture is worth 1000 words. And when something in your neighborhood or your city has been a certain way for decades or even hundreds of years, it’s easy to forget that a physical place or the places where neighbors come together to know one another can, in fact, change for the better.

But this is...


Jun 23, 2020

How do we know if our cities are livable? There are many cities that you’ve visited that have felt much more or much less livable to you compared to the one you call home. And this is no different than how livable other peoples’ homes feel to you compared to your own home. But the difference with cities is that...