Diesel Exhaust, Potholes, and A Vision of Better Commercial Corridors in Southwest Detroit
Greg Mangan, real estate advocate for the Southwest Detroit Business Association, picks me up at the northwest corner of West
Read moreGreg Mangan, real estate advocate for the Southwest Detroit Business Association, picks me up at the northwest corner of West
Read moreAn ambitious new program in Detroit seeks to provide $10,000 to property owners to renovate and rent out second-floor and third-floor apartments in mixed-use buildings along several major corridors in Southwest Detroit.
Read moreZoning reform has become a flashpoint for political debate in the United States. While it intuitively seems like it would
Read moreFort Myers, Florida, is a flashpoint for the Sunshine State’s battle against climate change. It’s a battle that the state isn’t exactly winning. Part of that is coming from the self-inflicted wounds of eviscerating public sector oversight of real estate development. We’ve got photos of the traffic jams and storm damage to prove it.
Read moreWalking, biking, scootering around northeast DC for a couple of weeks, thinking about the past, present, and future of the neighborhood.
Read moreWalking from home to Corktown last night in search of food and drink with some out-of-town visitors who were eager
Read moreNat compares the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis to the Joe Louis Greenway in Detroit, which broke ground this past week.
Read moreAn academic paper looks at the Detroit Community Benefits Ordinance, or CBO. Conclusions? It’s had mixed success. We can get beyond this if we stop thinking about public policy in the simplistic terms of “pro” or “anti” development.
Read moreDURING MY BRIEF, 45-MINUTE STINT WORKING IN THE DETROIT BUILDING DEPARTMENT, I remember a day when a slick, older gentleman
Read moreWorking from home has its benefits, but not everyone wants to work from home. What degree of input should employers be soliciting from staff before deciding to permanently make the monumental work-from-home leap? What should we be thinking about as the economy retools to support work-from-home economy?
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