Do you know anyone who claims to be against government and for business? What most people mean when they say this is that they're against bad government. This type of thinking tends to create an anti-government mentality that portrays any type of government as ineffective. And for those that hold this anti-government viewpoint, they're also often against any type of community planning, whether it’s land use planning, infrastructure planning, or economic development planning. This … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2014
How Your City Can Succeed In Transit Oriented Development
This blog post shines a spotlight on 5 metro areas that are national leaders in transit-oriented development (TOD). But more importantly, this post also brings attention to the 4 key ingredients necessary to create successful TOD. Focus on these 4 ingredients and your city can succeed in creating TOD to become a more vibrant community. National Leaders in TOD: Washington, DC metro area Portland, OR metro area Denver, CO metro area Salt Lake City, UT metro area Cleveland, OH metro … [Read more...]
5 Key Ingredients To Create A Mega-Region
Ingredient #1: Two or more growing metro areas. Ingredient #2: A rapidly growing in-between zone. Ingredient #3: Multiple transportation connections. Ingredient #4: Complementary growth patterns. Ingredient #5: A diversified regional economy. This post is about the 5 must-have ingredients for creating a new mega-region out of 2 or more individual metro areas. There are many of examples of potential future mega-regions in the U.S., but I’ve chosen to focus here on 2 of the … [Read more...]
