The Fraught Comeback of American Manufacturing
I figured it was time to weigh in on the debate over Detroit-based Shinola, a company that has gotten a
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Sustainable Summer in the City
This week I’m attending the 2014 Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy, an annual, two-week intensive seminar on sustainability
Read MorePast, Present, and Promise in the Prototypical Failed Steel Town
On Monday I had the privilege to explore McKeesport, a city twenty minutes south of Pittsburgh in my home state
Read MoreUpcoming Webinar on Crowd Finance
Partner Nat Zorach will be presenting a webinar with Housing Action Illinois on June 5th at 10:00 CT on the
Read MoreLyft Some Weight Off The Argument
The ridesharing debacle made its debut most recently in St. Louis over Easter weekend. Members of the young, hip intelligentsia
Read MoreUSGBC: Illinois LEEDs Green Construction!
The US Green Building Council announced that Illinois and the District of Columbia led the nation in new square footage
Read MoreShow A Building Some Love This Valentine’s Day
This Valentine’s Day, I wanted to take a more lighthearted approach to the highly technical field of building science with
Read MoreSafer Streets: Community-Driven Commuting
This past Friday morning as I stopped at a light on my bicycle, another cyclist rolled up next to me and
Read MoreClever Crowdfunding: Risk, Regulation, and Social Capital
The crowdfunding movement raises many questions about how to protect investors from fraud or risk. A recent article on CrowdClan
Read MoreMeet Our Newest Blog Contributor, Alissa Nelson
On Christmas Eve, I rode a quiet bus from San Francisco’s Mid-Market area, with its fraught juxtaposition of Twitter-led tech firm wealth sharing sidewalks
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