There’s Always A Dril Tweet: Windsor’s Budget Woes
If you know me, you know that I am an unapologetic booster for Windsor, Ontario, also known as South Detroit,
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Drew Dilkens: “We Must Preserve Single Family Zoning At All Costs!”
Windsor, Ontario is fighting the federal government’s housing plan in order to “protect the character of the neighborhood.”
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Those People: NIMBYism in America’s 17th-Wealthiest County
If you, like me, are a part-time transplant resident of the District of Columbia– and are a policy nerd, no
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Awake, East Warren! Dreaming Mixed-Use in Detroit’s Farthest-Flung Corridor
A new, mid-density development project on Detroit’s far east side is materializing, heralding a new dawn for a corridor that has struggled with autocentric, low density and disinvestment for decades.
Read MoreOnly In New York: Capital Mistakes in Density
New York’s current craze of demolishing usable buildings and replacing them with slightly denser ones is unsustainable and bad for business.
Read MoreThe ADU as Community Development Tool?
While managing the Detroit Land Bank housing development programs at Southwest, I’ve come across a number of scenarios in which a
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