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DesignBuildGuy

@Design_BuildGuy

I design and build urban micro-communities. Big fan of fewer cooks in the kitchen.

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Joined December 2021
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@Boenau17 Apr 2023
"Local land use restrictions are the primary causes of the country’s housing affordability problem." @ebwhamilton Join Emily Hamilton & me for a live chat about land use & housing reforms that help #BuildBetterCities. xitter.cf/i/spaces/1BdGYyRZMMNGX… (use the link to set a reminder)
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Phil@Urban_Connector7 Sep 2022
Absolutely pathetic. Can’t see myself staying in Raleigh too much longer if these people get power in office.
Anna Roman (@Anna_M_Roman) profile pictureAnna Roman@Anna_M_Roman6 Sep 2022
A look at the crowd rallying outside the Raleigh City Council meeting. People are concerned about the recent changes to zoning rules making it easier to add duplexes, townhomes, etc across the city. #ralpol
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Replying to @SimpleCRE
Just build the city. By today’s definition, Manhattan has been ‘gentrifying’ since 1625.
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Replying to @ncoxbarrett
This country was built on “Ron Swanson” permitting.
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Replying to @TyronMcDaniel @CohenSite @RealFrugalMogul
WORST TENENT EVER: Rich AF fraternity members at local uni. One had sub 600 FiCO. Did $10k in damage. Hired a lawyer and never paid a dime. BEST TENANT EVER: Undocumented formerly-homeless refugee landscaper. Fixed up the place on his own dime. Sang while doing it. Yours?
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Replying to @MelArch3
Keep an eye on the Congress for the @NewUrbanism’s “Black Caucus”, headed by Bruzensky Bois. The amount of black design & build talent at the #OKC conference in April was overwhelming, and I expect they’ll be 100s more attending in #Charlotte next year. freepressokc.com/congress-fo…
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Replying to @paulgoldberger
Jane Jacobs was only NIMBYistic to government planners. She was America's most well known defender of scrappy incrementalism, urban entrepreneurship, and the organized chaos of Adam Smith's invisible hand. If she was alive today, she'd write for @CityJournal
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Replying to @bobbyfijan
"The Competency Test": 1) Have you read your zoning code? 2) Have you drawn a site plan? 3) Have you done a pro forma? If your answer to any of the 3 is "no", your opinion on the project is likely ill-informed.
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Replying to @Kayode_A_ @MelArch3 @mwmoedinger @seandsweeney
The Master Builder model is the Tuskegee way of building. It is the antecedent to today’s Design/Build Booker T Washington is vastly under-appreciated for his innovations in community development through Master Builder trainings and philosophy. We should ALL study his work.
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Replying to @paulgoldberger
Here is a 1973 documentary on the Twin Parks Urban Renewal Project, describing it, somewhat sanctimoniously, as “an improved environment for those that live in the ghetto.” #Bronx #TwinParksFire youtu.be/LJETSm-US34
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