March 10, 2022
A Show of Hands
“Raise your hand if you think cars should be prioritized over pedestrians downtown” I asked the crowd of 70. One person raised their hand. “Raise your hand if you think
Action
Recovery can only be achieved through a concerted effort.
Effort is the enemy of apathy and the process of improving requires rallying residents to action and connecting expertise to opportunity. During this phase, we bring residents together around previously identified initiatives and coordinate outside experts to bring their particular skill sets to the community.Assistance
Strategic Planning Facilitation
The mission of your revitalization organization has the ability to affect every single person in the community, but all too often those mission statements go unmet. It’s time to align your aspirations with your actions and start doing the work your organization is capable of and the community desperately needs. By taking a candid approach to strategic planning, we cut out wasted time and effort and get to the point. Through this process we will assess if your mission statement is appropriate, and update it if needed. We will identify short-term goals and long-term aspirations. We will decide who is in charge of each identified project and align accountability measures to ensure the work gets carried out.
February 26, 2020
Communityness
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March 24, 2022
Kill The Committee
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August 1, 2019
All Politics is Local
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January 5, 2023
Get Going
This stuff isn’t complicated, but enough people are out there selling complicated solutions, which has led buyers to believe it’s complicated. The sad fact of the matter is, and this
April 13, 2022
Civic Relationships
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January 26, 2023
Apply Effort
“Well now, what do I do?” The all-so-common refrain of those recently installed in a position to help their community. I speak with dedicated and passionate people every week who
February 2, 2023
Sell Local
Live it, like it, don’t leave… I think. No, eat pray live, that’s it… nope- that's not it. Love. Laugh. Lactate… augh! I can’t remember what the motto was, but
May 12, 2022
Simple, Not Easy
Last week over beers in Panama City, friend and colleague, Allan Branch, put it to me this way, “Whenever I’m traveling, I always wonder, why are some towns doing better
June 17, 2022
Buildings Before Businesses
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August 10, 2020
Find A Friend, Save Your City.
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July 23, 2020
Why Good Neighborhoods went Extinct
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July 1, 2020
The Real Parking Problem
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September 15, 2021
Bedrooms are for Sleeping
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October 9, 2019
The Shape of Place
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July 24, 2019
Wise Council
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May 7, 2019
Save Our Buildings, Save Ourselves
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February 24, 2021
Vacancy Busting: A Step by Step Guide
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August 18, 2022
Locals Are People Too
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September 8, 2022
RFP = Recipe For Problems
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December 16, 2021
If I Had Ten Million Dollars
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October 6, 2022
Scarred Landscapes
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January 20, 2022
Instant Gratification
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April 22, 2021
Damn it, Do it!
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November 23, 2022
Thankful for the Flaws
I find no value in telling a community what they want to hear. There are plenty of people in this line of business who are happy to fill that role-
December 1, 2022
Lit Up
Cooking, college football, groggy mornings and switching out fall decorations for winter, such are the traditions of Thanksgiving weekend and I, for one, fully indulged. The golden light of October