Dad and Husband. Cape Cod neighborhood developer. “I will find a way or make one.”
Joined March 2009
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There's something wonderfully charming about restaurants & other commercial uses in house-like structures in the middle of residential neighborhoods.
There's a coziness that makes you feel as though you're visiting someone's home, for a warm, nightly neighborhood party!
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Still time to register (virtually) for our conference this Friday at Yale: Cities as the Solution to Climate Change.
Everybody talks about the supply side: electrification.
We all know the demand side works better: density, transit, bikes & feet.
hixon.yale.edu/events/confer…
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Most new apartment buildings make no allies because there's very little effort that goes into how they should fit within a neighborhood.
Instead of an imposing structure w/ 3 materials in 6 different colors, this new 5-over-1 is nice & graceful, thanks to just a little effort!
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“The new normal, a world in which affordable housing is scarce and remote work opens up the map, is one in which forward-thinking municipalities can use affordable housing as their primary economic development tool.” @bruce_katz
Housing 2022 — “homeowners don’t want to see new development, investors benefit more from hoarding limited supply than creating new, and cities see housing costs increase until their economies start bleeding residents”: my latest w @michaelsaadine thenewlocalism.com/newslette…
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"We move children to suburbs to control them,
not to respond to something they want. I think the biggest fake ever perpetrated is that children like, + need, big yards. What children like are other children."
—Kenneth Jackson, author of Crabgrass Frontier, quoted in #Straphanger.
Rob Brennan retweeted
Why every single Republican isn't speaking the way GOP Gov. Baker is speaking here is just beyond me.
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This image of the Dutch prime minister shows what the Bicycle is all about: easily and safely biking to work, while nonchalantly eating an apple. That's what millions of Dutch people do daily, regardless their social class or income. 🚲
image source: volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achterg…
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Never let your municipal leaders forget — people walking, bike-riding & taking public transport spend 40% more than motorists each month in local shops (@TFL research). Supporting non-motorists, among MANY benefits, is GOOD FOR BUSINESS. Via @carltonreid forbes.com/sites/carltonreid…
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Learn more about #PenguinHall by joining APH President Molly Martins, Dean of Academics Jan Healy & current parents for a morning of conversation and light breakfast in our library. Following breakfast, you'll enjoy a school tour. RSVP Here: bit.ly/PH_coffee
#BlazeTrails
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Would you drive just a few miles slower per hour if it meant that your city would get richer, more resilient, and—oh yeah—save dozens, if not hundreds of lives every year? If you said yes—bc duh—then its time to #SlowTheCars in your core neighborhoods. bit.ly/2GWlASv
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Look at this street. Are you telling me you wouldn’t love to have streets like this in your neighbourhood? When Amsterdam removed 11,200 parking spaces, they made room for the kinds of things that make this street great. Via @Cycling_Embassy @createstreets trouw.nl/binnenland/amsterda…
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My take on the man accused of siphoning $11.5 million from an agency for special needs kids.b.globe.com/p7YZBT
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PMCers will consume 19,000 bananas this weekend, and more fun facts:... http://fb.me/Z0iZQt05
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Read about our plans to bring the #cottage colony back to #capecod dennismaplanningdept.wordpre… RT if you think we're onto something! #urbanism
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Alice, a 15 yr old w/ cancer has "trend on twitter" on her bucket list help her trend globally with an RT #alicebucketlist
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A PMC Road Trip to Philly: http://panmasschallenge.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/a-pmc-road-trip-to-philly/ http://fb.me/Zp7Ilt3E
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Dedication of the PMC Plaza at the new Yawkey Center for Cancer Care tonight. Thank you PMCers for all your hard... http://fb.me/NRciZR9M
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The 'fest is sponsoring @TeamCHUCKLE in the 2011 Pan-Mass Challenge. They got to raise a LOT of money if they want some free vids!