5 Reasons Why Biking to Work is Perfect for Millennials
It’s bike to school/work/wherever week and, as someone who commutes next to a bike lane, I can tell you it’s working. Bike lanes, bike sharing systems and an overall rise in the number of commuters...
View ArticleOn the Table: A Stealable Idea to Strengthen Your Community
Here’s a great idea your city can steal, although I have to say your city will have a hard time pulling it off as well as my city did because my city, apparently, is awesome and engaged. The nearly...
View ArticleWhy I Need a New Best Place to Live
Seven years ago, we found our perfect place. We skipped condo buying and went straight for a house in the city. It seemed kind of suburban to do that, and yet we were well within the Chicago city...
View ArticleThe Have and Have-Nots of Walkable Urbanism
Throughout U.S. history, we have had divides. Initially we had a lot of land to conquer, and we drew a line between settled and frontier. That gave way to urban versus rural. As we moved from an...
View ArticleWelcome to the New Livability
Welcome to the new Livability. If you’ve never been here before, consider this a little get-to-know-you tour. If you’re returning, hopefully you’ve already started noticing the improvements. Let’s...
View ArticleCan Data Save a City or Its Mayor?
This week saw two major stories come out of Chicago. The first was a piece by The Guardian about a Chicago police “black site” where officials allegedly detained and questioned suspects, perhaps using...
View ArticleWhat Children Can Teach Us About Community
Recently, my local library asked this question of its patrons. The responses were written or drawn on small sheets of paper and posted on a wall off the library’s main lobby. Some responses were...
View ArticleThree Ways Guaranteed to Get Your Planning Project Approved
A good idea is never good enough. You have to sell that idea. I'm not talking sell like Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glenn Ross' famous "ABC: A: Always, B: Be, C: CLOSING" speech. Most development...
View ArticleFinding your Best Places: All It Takes Is a Little Fairy Magic
Strategies for finding your best place to live, for those thinking of a move as told by someone who really got his answers right.
View ArticleIntroducing "Moving Stories" - A new series of features from...
It’s the end of a long day. The sun is setting. Everyone involved is weary. You cut the plastic wrap off a sofa or a chair or two and grab a warm bottle of water or a freshly purchased cold beer. It’s...
View ArticleDoes where you live help you lead the life you want?
A friend recently wrote that they were considering a move. Originally their family was from the north but they’d moved to the south on what was supposed to be a temporary assignment. One year turned...
View Article5 Reasons Why Biking to Work is Perfect for Millennials
It’s bike to school/work/wherever week and, as someone who commutes next to a bike lane, I can tell you it’s working. Bike lanes, bike sharing systems and an overall rise in the number of commuters...
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