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‘Why Buying Local is Worth Every Cent’ 20 Apr 2013 | 11:07 pm
Ever wish there was a single graphic that effectively summarized the benefits of buying local? Well, this is it, thanks to the folks at CustomMade. You can embed the image on your site by visiting Why...
‘Why Buying Local is Worth Every Cent’ 19 Apr 2013 | 11:07 pm
Ever wish there was a single graphic that effectively summarized the benefits of buying local? Well, scroll down below, because this is what you were waiting for, thanks to the folks at CustomMade. Y...
‘WalkUP Wake-Up Call’ report a model for walkability 31 Mar 2013 | 07:05 pm
We know there’s a demand for walkable communities, but what about the evidence that the demand warrants a supply/investment? Cities have been undergoing a renaissance in the past ten years, and thankf...
‘Fundrise’ pioneers crowd-invested placemaking 1 Mar 2013 | 03:45 am
Just seven months ago we were outlining the inevitability of crowd-invested placemaking. Since then, the first crowd-investing platform for real estate development, Fundrise has not only launched, but...
The greenest office building in the world 1 Feb 2013 | 06:50 pm
Forget LEED certification, the standard for green building, the folks behind this six-story building, the Bullitt Foundation, are going well beyond. The Bullitt Center, located in the popular neighbor...
People would crowdsource piazzas if they had the chance… 19 Dec 2012 | 10:16 pm
If given the opportunity to crowdsource a vision for their downtown, what would a triple-bottom-line (economically, socially, environmentally) oriented crowd come up with? Given the emerging generatio...
Destination space for pop-up retailers 17 Dec 2012 | 01:30 pm
For communities that want to crowdsource their future, but looking for interim steps to sweeping transformation, a national trend of pop-up placemaking is creating opportunities to preview forward-thi...
Bristol’s 2-year crowdsourced placemaking success story 7 Dec 2012 | 08:18 pm
This is a follow up story to “Bristol crowdsources piazza into downtown plan”. When Renaissance Downtowns, a visionary triple-bottom-line real estate development firm that won an RFP to develop 17 ac...
Change agents revitalize a block as they revitalize a home to live in 14 Nov 2012 | 06:11 pm
As is repeated often on this site, it often takes only one person to initiate change in their neighborhood or city, and beyond. Nick Shaver is one such person in Cincinnati, transforming an empty but ...
‘What is crowdsourced placemaking?‘ video 13 Sep 2012 | 12:38 am
It’s been over four years since I posted the What is crowdsourced placemaking?“ page, so I thought it would be time to provide a fresh answer of the same question via a series of brief videos. Here’s...
