Rhode Island, USA
Joined March 2017
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Love this! What do you think for PVD, @NoraBarre1?
A new three-month initiative is encouraging Chicagoans to ditch their at-home offices this summer and head Downtown to work — or cowork. buff.ly/4c0YE0n
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A new three-month initiative is encouraging Chicagoans to ditch their at-home offices this summer and head Downtown to work — or cowork. buff.ly/4c0YE0n
I have thought about this very idea but didn't know it had a name! How about this for our commercial corridors in RI? What do you think, @seth_zeren @rhodyneighbors?
Second Street Housing: Living next to, but not on top of main street.
While most US/Canadian apartments are built on busy streets (Corridor zoning), we ought to look at next street over. alfredtwu.medium.com/second-… 1/
ALT Comparison of Corridor Zoning (big buildings on main street only) and Second Street Housing (large apartments behind main retail street), showing birbs eye views, ground views, plans, and side view.
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Second Street Housing: Living next to, but not on top of main street.
While most US/Canadian apartments are built on busy streets (Corridor zoning), we ought to look at next street over. alfredtwu.medium.com/second-… 1/
ALT Comparison of Corridor Zoning (big buildings on main street only) and Second Street Housing (large apartments behind main retail street), showing birbs eye views, ground views, plans, and side view.
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“Our thesis is that a primary cause of the rise in mental disorders is a decline over decades in opportunities for children & teens to play, roam, & engage in other activities independent of direct oversight & control by adults.”
Connected to city design.
jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476…
Friends, if you ever want me to stop talking about this all the time, come help us create a Main Street network in RI!
3 days until our Main Street forum! Thank you to our title sponsor, RI Energy, and to all of our program sponsors for making it possible! Last call for registration! growsmartri.org/main-street-…
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Scientific American says KIDS MUST PLAY.
But "Only 10 % of U.S. schools let people into their playgrounds when school's out, the Trust for Public Land found." Open 'em up & 5.2 million more kids get access.
Also: Renormalize unsupervised play!
@sciam @LetGrowOrg @tpl_org
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Good Read: “Let the kids play in the dirt, climb on the rocks & even add some wood logs to the mix so they can get even more creative.”
How to design the perfect (and actually more “risky”) city playground. Remember, risk & hazards aren’t the same thing. theglobeandmail.com/life/hom…
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The City of Pawtucket joined @CentralFalls_RI & @RIPTA_RI in accepting @GrowSmartRI Outstanding Smart Growth Project Award for the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Hub. The hub has already had a positive impact on both cities & we look forward to seeing what else it brings!
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Celebrating great work being done in our community at the Smart Growth RI awards tonight @risd @RIPTA_RI @AARP @JillianFinkle #community
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One of the most effective ways to relieve loneliness is to create opportunities for social connection in the environment. We need more pleasant & accessible public places, more third places like coffee shops close to home, & more social life overall. It is a public health matter.
NEW: Today, I released a Surgeon General's Advisory on the epidemic of loneliness and isolation facing our country, the destructive impacts it has on our collective health, and the extraordinary healing power of our relationships. Surgeongeneral.gov/lonelines… #Connect2Heal 1/8
How to create "places where the human spirit can soar":
What makes for happy places? 🎥🎞 Our short video primer on where people like to be … youtube.com/watch?v=B1k5HLb-…
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.@lohplaces, @terplan & @82_Streetcar argue that office-to-residential conversions are only one tool in a much broader toolkit for helping downtowns remain vital and relevant amidst shifts in where and how people work, live, and play. brookings.edu/research/myths…
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Achieve your district's redevelopment goals with Historic Real Estate Finance Certification! With the generous support of The 1772 Foundation, we are excited to partner with the National Development Council to offer this course. Learn more and register > mainstreet.org/historicreale…
Not just in design - I'm finding that the most important things related to improving the social and economic well being of communities are also difficult to explain with words (or words that can effectively convey their importance!)
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Dear @Surgeon_General: Yes, kids ARE suffering & need ways to connect in person & away from social media.
Fast, easy, inexpensive solution?
HAVE SCHOOLS STAY OPEN FOR MIXED-AGE, NO-DEVICES FREE PLAY.
They get fun, friends, social skills in a safe place:
letgrow.org/program/play-clu…
Finally get to join my fellow transit geeks in sharing my celebratory first ride through the new Pawtucket/Central Falls station! @GrowSmartRI @TransitRi @PVDStreets @the_transit_guy
