#Downtowns

Amid the “will cities survive #COVID19?” narrative, there has been talk that people were already leaving center cities. It’s not true! In fact, downtown population energy is real and likely

Most of the conversations I’m hearing & reading about the permanent growth of virtual working aka working from home #WFH post-pandemic are dramatically oversimplifying the implications & ripple effects to

Also a finer point re: my last tweet about malls and "preservation." I do not think malls should generally be targets for preservation, because they're too big, too commercial, too

Canadian Urban Institute

What will happen to our distinct Canadian #downtowns? Downtowns provide heritage, whimsy & a beating heart -- & are also the economic cornerstone of our cities. When our downtowns thrive,

I'm self-isolating with loved ones in suburbia, not in Guelph. It makes me appreciate how awesome we have it in Guelph. Be grateful for what we have - it's a

COVID isn't killing downtown, we put it out on a vine to wither and die a long time ago. The only thing propping it up was our dependence on it

CIA Tehran Office

Oregon has taken the first step in transforming its cities, eliminating single family zoning.However, we have a lot of work to do.While multi-family housing can be put everywhere now, it's

fwiw: tentative lessons on minimizing police interference of protests from an urban planning / urban design perspective. 1/x in grad school for urban planning, i did my thesis on the

Greater Ohio Policy Center

Today’s #GOPCThread will feature #VanWertOhio as the sixth city in our #OHCommunitySpotlight series Van Wert is in the NW corner of the state, just 15 minutes away from the Ohio-Indiana

Bloomberg CityLab

1/ When people moved out of expensive cities, where did they go?A year of migration data reveals trends and interesting surprises:https://bloom.bg/3xCC4YB 2/ After much speculation about emptied downtowns and the

There's a callousness that happens in housing discussions that's gross to me. The way people say like well that's just the cost of living in a desire-able city, you could

I've long been a fan of Back the the Future. As an adult I see the movies in a different light though. In the background of the plot is the

Innocent Bystander

innoc_bystander

So there were some questions going around REtwit on Percentage Rent terminology, use, etc. from some folks I learn a ton from (@sweatystartup @J264B @jmf_5 @ccchaircut @avespoli and others)This is

Greater Ohio Policy Center

Today’s #GOPCThread is a ‘guest thread’ from our partners at the @OhioRebuild Coalition, which was announced earlier this week. Communities have worked to find innovative and strategic ways to protect

Greater Ohio Policy Center

This week, we are devoting our #GOPCThread to do a bit of myth-busting around some of the work that we do here at GOPC. And given the timing, you may

Justice. Now. #BLM

IrisThatsCreepy

Alright, here's the thread for tonight #Dallas.Currently the NMS group who is hosting The People's March is at City Hall.Other groups gathered at DPD to demand the release of Dominique