https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters daily 0.75 2026-03-26 https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/heroesvillains monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/45216874-29a9-44d1-89ce-42f8cc5b7439/large_cities_heroes.png Newsletter - Cities as Heroes and Villains - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/9d02196e-349c-4278-9ee5-c5dc12341ee2/walle2.png Newsletter - Cities as Heroes and Villains - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/c713f311-89bb-465c-af20-2a4d69d5ea9a/dkny001.jpg Newsletter - Cities as Heroes and Villains - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/opportunitystories monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/609a3a60-4a86-488f-9989-15572d9d4897/wide+opportunity.png Newsletter - Stories of Community Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/goodrisk monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/7fade8ae-22f6-4851-87a0-2a8c39f1d162/wide_good+risk-03.png Newsletter - Good Risk - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/sewer-parable monthly 0.5 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/4abe2a97-adaa-42a0-99f0-22246b6254eb/ParableofSewer.png Newsletter - The Parable of the Sewer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/soullessness monthly 0.5 2025-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/1d201338-d8b3-48e3-81de-de900aca5c86/soulless+final-01.png Newsletter - Is there such thing as a soulless place? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/practice monthly 0.5 2025-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/62483520-9c33-4ad3-a15f-b9b5756d1e64/main.png Newsletter - What is your practice? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/silos monthly 0.5 2025-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/443fea1b-4d59-45ba-9751-a37955e12d5b/Silos+Full.png Newsletter - In Defense of Silos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/c4284fed-0d37-4086-9cec-f22690d67301/Silos+cartoon Newsletter - In Defense of Silos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/ed047528-ca91-4ad4-909f-9db858031923/SimCity+Box Newsletter - In Defense of Silos - Make it stand out A photo of my 3.25” floppy version of SimCity https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/probablyplace monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/eb16376c-8f2b-4151-a00b-234e4844ccf4/probability+of+place.png Newsletter - The Probability of Place - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/placewares monthly 0.5 2025-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/aa631ae2-6804-4a5a-a620-311a0b54db8d/hardware+places+full.png Newsletter - The hardware, software, and firmware of our places - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/focus monthly 0.5 2025-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/d2df5301-b269-4c4b-bb76-17fa3184c880/growth+through+focus+s.png Newsletter - Growth through focus - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/9eeddb1e-7297-4271-befe-fdd21aa38c2c/st+louis+population.png Newsletter - Growth through focus - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/a03a5e15-72a0-454e-86ec-04890b15345a/per+cap+income+chart+with+st+louis.png Newsletter - Growth through focus - Make it stand out Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis; “County and MSA personal income summary: personal income, population, per capita personal income” https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/pivots monthly 0.5 2025-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/8425d549-5385-45af-8b84-f4d09e810948/Pivots.png Newsletter - Pivots: A Tale of a Few Cities - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/02dd89f1-7096-40b7-ae25-100206f21f84/pittsburgh+pivot.png Newsletter - Pivots: A Tale of a Few Cities - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/ba4518d5-1cdf-4d48-a156-b5591938dae1/population.png Newsletter - Pivots: A Tale of a Few Cities - Make it stand out Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis; “County and MSA personal income summary: personal income, population, per capita personal income” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/da3e1c77-275c-4b5a-be70-b656f00ee75a/36ccd7fd-4ff9-77b1-a70b-1653ba9fb75a.png Newsletter - Pivots: A Tale of a Few Cities - Make it stand out Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis; “County and MSA personal income summary: personal income, population, per capita personal income” https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/civicfabric monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/1741104893187-CN642D1U0E237ZB0UX4R/Knitting+civic+fabric Newsletter - Knitting our social fabric - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/74c81341-7bf6-4f6f-b0ac-b67a41c16ad0/community+meeting+reduced+size%281%29.png Newsletter - Knitting our social fabric - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/4757f4dc-f255-40d0-8233-750d19a61fcd/AdobeStock_854723179.jpeg Newsletter - Knitting our social fabric - A recent report from Brookings explores the contrast in geographic impact between historic technological automation and the new generative AI. Image: Emiliia (Adobe Stock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/4baa4b72-7895-4193-9a57-8ad7e279ee84/Missing+middle.jpg Newsletter - Knitting our social fabric - The Urban Institute examine roadblocks to constructing “missing middle” housing and how to make it more feasible. Image: emilyillustration (Adobe Stock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/6143ce0c-ef3e-416b-82e4-e873717f0f1c/AdobeStock_249093636.jpeg Newsletter - Knitting our social fabric - An Atlantic Podcast based on a paper written by David Broockman, Christophe Elmendorf and Joshua Kalla discusses a new theory about what makes a person opposed to development. Image: desdemona72 (Adobe Stock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/6d05fdb3-8a3b-4a00-a5f6-43a4682e35d7/Screenshot+2025-03-06+112331.png Newsletter - Knitting our social fabric - The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy describes reforms enacted by 20+ states to increase housing supply. Image: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/adages monthly 0.5 2025-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/596c7fb3-1408-4c36-8558-f1ec9c3d8820/fullsize_adages-03.png Newsletter - Ladders, Triangles, Fences, and Fools: The Adages That Helped Me Navigate Public Service - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/dd38bbdc-61f1-466d-9317-c810df5cd8cf/image+%284%29.png Newsletter - Ladders, Triangles, Fences, and Fools: The Adages That Helped Me Navigate Public Service - Yonah Freemark’s amazing roundup of 2024’s local transit initiatives across the U.S in 2025 and a look ahead for 2025. Images: HART (l) and Metro Los Angeles (r) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/cae100f1-a713-4028-881e-1f0388acc9c1/AdobeStock_708240608.jpeg Newsletter - Ladders, Triangles, Fences, and Fools: The Adages That Helped Me Navigate Public Service - “the opposite of doom is curiosity” - an interesting conversation between Ezra Klein and Chris Hayes (I highly recommend the podcast version). Image: Adobe Stock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/e4cde542-575a-40f4-b946-186080a23068/Screenshot+2025-02-04+085037.png Newsletter - Ladders, Triangles, Fences, and Fools: The Adages That Helped Me Navigate Public Service - Tracy Hadden Loh and Xavier de Souza Briggs take a look at the implementation of racial equity analyses for legislation in DC and Montgomery County. Image: Shutterstock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/dc096382-ed77-46e9-a24e-39462a824cf2/AdobeStock_46751190.jpeg Newsletter - Ladders, Triangles, Fences, and Fools: The Adages That Helped Me Navigate Public Service - A bonus adage! Earlier this week, during a panic about AI, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made tech news by referencing Jevons Paradox, the idea that as technologies (Mr. Jevon was talking about coal-fired engines in the mid-19th Century) get more efficient, they become more accessible and can actually result in an overall increase in resource use. Image: Adobe Stock https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/joyofplace monthly 0.5 2025-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/1736182289323-9H8M16O8E51KY21V112E/joy+of+place-FULL.png Newsletter - The Joy of Place - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/6d0cefa9-007f-4a0d-828f-8b7ef170eabf/urbanchicago.png Newsletter - The Joy of Place - An Urban Institute report that breaks down how different parts of Chicago changed quite differently (another example of allometry). (Images by report’s author) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/063bd487-6ea5-476d-adb9-05068cb1a934/AdobeStock_200825838.jpg Newsletter - The Joy of Place - A look at Arlington, Virginia’s successful (and somewhat unique) effort to create significant density as Metrorail was being planned and built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/0674e8b4-b201-4dc1-adcc-8c27646df81d/Screenshot+2025-01-06+114804.png Newsletter - The Joy of Place - The Washington Post analyzed car-centered vs pedestrian-centered places. (Images created by OpenStreetMap contributors) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/53bf68ce-dd03-4f59-8117-54772f5714b8/AdobeStock_546106417.jpeg Newsletter - The Joy of Place - (Almost) totally unrelated to development and places, during this football season, I have found myself thinking a lot about this wonderful behind-the-scenes look at Sunday Night Football. You will always appreciate the “doink” of a football hitting the upright after reading this. https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/meditationonplace monthly 0.5 2025-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/acb0367b-9210-46fe-a811-dfce60474543/withtext.jpg Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/97257ee4-e4d6-47c3-bddb-5a47742c6773/Artboard+2%400.75x-100.jpg Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/714bf0a4-0845-479b-bfbe-a7cdc87e92ec/Artboard+2_1%400.75x-100.jpg Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/50c6ce4d-ebc4-46e0-86e1-78ad9e6156b0/Artboard+2_2%400.75x-100.jpg Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/1717013076636-MLOKWD7OQYNY26CJRP69/AdobeStock_811077964.jpeg Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - Kicking off with Kairos - Cities (and society) are a kairosian moment of upheaval and opportunity. Egon Terplan on Oakland’s new downtown plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/1719925033322-0ZJOHX9RPHQBAQMAE2TF/july+thumb-02.png Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - The Downtowners - Sharing some common “silver bullet” solutions to revitalizing downtown...and what many of them miss. Ottawa’s new downtown plan via Mary Rowe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/b9ed1c74-a48a-4f12-80e8-ef63acf09858/036d8247-43b2-5cea-ae8e-563c3f349f31.png Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - A Love Letter to Civic Infrastructure - Pressing pause on politics to press play on civics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/1af8ef88-42e0-4df1-923b-671918687dbd/HousingGoals.png Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - What’s in a number? - Maybe some housing relief. The last month saw two important goals for housing policy nerds that could be critical to addressing housing costs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/7604144e-66a2-4d7a-aa7c-d8bf60ca1d7a/butterfly+effect+sans+text.png Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - Policy Zooming - A butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil and causes a tornado in Texas. An industrial building tries to locate in a suburb of Cleveland in the 1920s and we end up in a national housing crisis in the 2020s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/b88efdc0-e835-447a-b2cc-3c62002bdd7f/generatiosn+no+text+trueblood-02+%281%29.png Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - Generations of Change - An imagined interview with grandfather about the nature of change in the places we love. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/d40076f5-001c-4a4c-9053-299471daa699/Screenshot+2024-11-27+095757.png Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - After many years, WMATA, the DC region’s transit agency, released its first major redesign of the region’s bus system, called the Better Bus Network. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/8ecd4808-ae7c-4e58-ae58-29b03e7b95a7/095934.png Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - The Terner Center for Housing Innovation has a valuable review of state-level pro-housing policies and their challenges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/be72b187-bbee-4ef7-8d44-d6a263c60d78/79928213132.jpeg Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - Meanwhile, Brookings has a review of state-level transportation policies, which also highlights some challenges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/b32a8d5e-5732-475c-8b6c-17fd1db848eb/23103718.png Newsletter - Let’s Meditate on Place - The Urban Libraries Council released its 2024 Urban Libraries Report, which has some great data that shows some significant increases in usage across libraries across the country. https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/generationschange monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/b88efdc0-e835-447a-b2cc-3c62002bdd7f/generations+no+text.png Newsletter - Generations of Change - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/b0885086-e591-431d-942c-4bc1a9d2d5fa/St+Louis+Public+Library+Carpenter.jpg Newsletter - Generations of Change - Make it stand out A library designed by my great grandfather (and funded by Carnegie) that is still going strong. I should send my love letter to civic infrastructure to him in the afterlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/b4bcad9d-33c7-4da0-8eb6-e2c09487824b/NBMCapitalBrutalismexhibit.png Newsletter - Generations of Change - Make it stand out For those interested in the legacy of Brutalism, I highly recommend the National Building Museum’s exhibit “Capital Brutalism” on view through February 17, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/b820797a-64ed-4c23-91a2-36e46dc5a7a2/canal+photo+nov2024.jpg Newsletter - Generations of Change - Make it stand out A photo from my recent visit to the Gowanus Canal, which had been referred to as “the venereal disease of a body of water” in one of my favorite podcast episodes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/b2cc6c35-80a6-4e9f-a96d-1d068c910ff4/highwayandhouses.jpg Newsletter - Generations of Change - Following up on setting big housing goals, I have a very specific suggestion for linking federal transportation funding to housing needs. Egon Terplan on Oakland’s new downtown plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/40651406-981b-4157-8458-247a469fcc94/Urban.png Newsletter - Generations of Change - In a housing policy double header, the Urban Institute has an overview of housing policy recommendations in their “Road Map for Affordable and Stable Housing for All” while the National Housing Crisis Task Force released their Federal Housing Policy Agenda (pdf). Ottawa’s new downtown plan via Mary Rowe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/91661fa1-93d5-40d5-aa91-5fc7fc495802/Building+the+Future+--+DC+Economic+Landscape+Title+Sliderot+%281%29.jpg Newsletter - Generations of Change - In late October, DC’s Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development shared some inspiring visions for the future of the city’s economy. https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/policyzooming monthly 0.5 2024-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/7604144e-66a2-4d7a-aa7c-d8bf60ca1d7a/butterfly+effect+sans+text.png Newsletter - Policy Zooming - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/2bff6166-18f5-4ef8-b1cf-01f2b59439b5/frigate+birds.jpeg Newsletter - Policy Zooming - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/8b1794d5-4006-4fb4-ac5a-74f1aa7472fa/storefront+image.jpg Newsletter - Policy Zooming - Brookings on the future of downtowns and if you find that interesting, check out the Downtowners newsletter. Egon Terplan on Oakland’s new downtown plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/ea052bb1-8735-4096-8b9c-d0a26bd6b64b/Returntoworkers.jpeg Newsletter - Policy Zooming - Speaking of the Downtowners, it looks like the Return-to-work-ers notched a win with Amazon CEO’s recent requirement for going back to the office 5 days a week.. Ottawa’s new downtown plan via Mary Rowe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/98660aaa-140e-4df6-8c61-78e903525988/AdobeStock_88984587_Preview+%281%29.jpeg Newsletter - Policy Zooming - I try to avoid sharing academic papers, but the Social Science Research Network has an interesting paper on how to win over supply skeptics (necessary if we are going to reach ambitious housing goals) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/7dd65ee3-ef49-4922-bdf3-d4553bc6b546/arlingtonhousinglawsuitpart2.jpeg Newsletter - Policy Zooming - Supply skepticism is also important to address when every step toward addressing the housing crisis can be appealed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/cfb43e92-b940-4751-b0b5-4b16df9e5b56/AdobeStock_652599102.jpeg Newsletter - Policy Zooming - AI meets city systems, as the newest ChatGPT was tested by an outside evaluator on an exercise about city planning! (in which it was found to be able to be deceptive) https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/housinggoal monthly 0.5 2024-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/4321f95d-8fd3-4f7c-b990-4e1f8709751d/HousingGoals.png Newsletter - What’s in a number? - Make it stand out For those counting, that's 5,000 little house icons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/fd9c0334-3367-4b3e-bcc2-de7ee2fe13e9/36000by2025-newsletter_crop.jpg Newsletter - What’s in a number? - Make it stand out The success of Mayor Bowser’s housing goals has three big lessons for policy goals (spoiler alert: none are about the need for balloons once a goal is reached.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/ee644f3c-1f47-4e33-95b1-0da6ef80d29c/Rxe3bBZuMzgP50Z1uM-qDF2LZwqxGY1rJb5MV-UwEis.jpg Newsletter - What’s in a number? - https://www.reddit.com/r/DunderMifflin/comments/y468k/you_miss_100_of_the_shots_you_dont_take/ (note that Wayne Gretzky was quoting his dad, Walter Gretzky) Just a note that Wayne Gretzky was quoting his dad, Walter Gretzky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/f69602ff-8c8f-4b51-90ec-bf8d92065371/WEB11425-2010h.jpg Newsletter - What’s in a number? - Make it stand out "...I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." An ambitious, resonant, focused, and successful goal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/5753f092-49a2-4200-aaed-51468139af0a/simpsons.gif Newsletter - What’s in a number? - Make it stand out The fundraising thermometer is a physical manifestation of the alignment value of a goal, even if the alignment is mostly created through guilt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/1fd65478-8764-48f0-935f-cbff85ce5777/Fugger_Fuggerei_Herrengasse.jpg Newsletter - What’s in a number? - A good rabbit hole for housing folks: Fuggerei, 500 year-old affordable housing Egon Terplan on Oakland’s new downtown plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/b7e2241b-0054-402a-b19f-24453aa71483/DC+skyline.jpg Newsletter - What’s in a number? - Kenan Dogan on the negative impacts of DC’s Building Height Limit. My graduate thesis is cited, and if you’re interested in my thoughts, you can read a Washington Post op-ed I wrote in 2023. Ottawa’s new downtown plan via Mary Rowe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/74d902b6-2321-49ec-bdd3-1691a5189e3d/Federal+reserve.jpg Newsletter - What’s in a number? - Kriston Capps on Trump’s push for a singular modernist style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/5a4f7af5-553c-4404-9b98-28b8814b808f/STITCHER_GRAPHIC_99PI_Not-Built-For-This_Key-Art_B_001Square-300x300.jpg Newsletter - What’s in a number? - From the 99 Percent Invisible podcast team a multi-part audio series called “Not Built For This” about the existing inadequacies of our built environment for our changing climate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/1886a387-7df4-4e18-8cce-272b1896b20d/kzkbfsng_crop.jpg Newsletter - What’s in a number? - DC’s Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development recently restarted their great newsletter. https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/lovecivicinfrastructure monthly 0.5 2024-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/1722270577915-9KSOD1T7SYMUUDQNRGB9/civic+infrastructure+love+letter-02.png Newsletter - A Love Letter to Civic Infrastructure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/2fca9735-04bc-400f-abe4-165faa475992/columbuslibraryfromlinkedin.jpg Newsletter - A Love Letter to Civic Infrastructure - Make it stand out Columbus Public Library’s Book Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/c32941d0-9fac-46a6-930e-eb0918cc4eac/Truebloodcityedmontonphoto.jpg Newsletter - A Love Letter to Civic Infrastructure - Make it stand out The Wall at Edmonton Public Library - where little ones (and big ones) can interact with various art exhibits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/9cd10606-32a9-438b-a478-3e42bef4f60b/championspark2024.png Newsletter - A Love Letter to Civic Infrastructure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/9cbe54c2-8943-4d3e-a7ed-4e8d76e6ad79/westlakeplazaseattle.jpg Newsletter - A Love Letter to Civic Infrastructure - Make it stand out Westlake Plaza in Seattle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/a7515325-cc99-4504-8e88-2bb1fde346dc/housingaritclephoto.jpeg Newsletter - A Love Letter to Civic Infrastructure - My thoughts on housing as an economic development tool. Egon Terplan on Oakland’s new downtown plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/92a06c6a-45f3-45e3-9d87-6193436d9561/America+Achieves+Link.jpg Newsletter - A Love Letter to Civic Infrastructure - America Achieves announced its Good Jobs Economy effort to help local communities integrate and advance strategies for marrying economic growth and economic mobility. Ottawa’s new downtown plan via Mary Rowe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/7caaaac9-bb76-4fa1-ae83-a0f47c15b11e/Treelinedstreet.jpg Newsletter - A Love Letter to Civic Infrastructure - The Washington Post on the promises and challenges of urban tree canopy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/44ebc5c9-aee5-455b-b451-21b238c6c72e/WashpostLink.png Newsletter - A Love Letter to Civic Infrastructure - Which made me think of what Eric Kramer of Reed Hilderbrand wrote last year about the need for us to maintain our trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/c6a63a4c-c437-4f40-9568-41f5b1a82f1b/Community+and+Technical+Colleges.png Newsletter - A Love Letter to Civic Infrastructure - Joanna Mikulski on the connection between community and technical colleges and the bioeconomy future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/bdfcfa10-25b5-4b3f-a3de-e0e19be8198a/Techhublink.png Newsletter - 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The Downtowners - Kimberly Driggins on “Can Strong Social Infrastructure Cure the Loneliness Epidemic?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/07b01715-e828-41e6-ab5e-f2b9e0af5e12/9a17f2c7-843b-6ee0-8761-f4e34c8a154c.jpeg Newsletter - The Downtowners - via Erin Hafkenschiel, Imagine Nashville is asking for public input on their big ideas for the future of the city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/21ba3165-7548-4b22-998e-debc8f934fae/bb942d71-3dbc-f88e-4a54-e2c180d7c7ac.jpeg Newsletter - The Downtowners - via Priya Jayachandran “Given the housing shortage, why is it so hard to build new apartments?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/4226471e-4444-4b42-9c46-52cc42717e61/ea0c979c-e45a-e91f-625a-772bf2cd2736.jpeg Newsletter - The Downtowners - Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces Investment in Twelve Regional Technology Hubs, Creating Good-paying Jobs and Driving Economic Opportunity and Innovation in Communities Across the Country https://www.trueblood.city/newsletters/kairos monthly 0.5 2024-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6140b70dc5abdb6708b46401/1717013076636-MLOKWD7OQYNY26CJRP69/AdobeStock_811077964.jpeg Newsletter - 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