These posts include perspectives on the complexities of planning and developing communities.
Small communities want to grow and be successful, but they also have visions of being an ideal small town, with a great main street. Many communities invest in great plans …
There is a widely held belief in the community and local governments that levying fees and charges against developers merely distributes assets from overly wealthy developers to the community. However, …
Continuing on in exploring myths that undermine the ability of communities to achieve economic development and have a proactive and positive working relationship with the development community – this one …
There are some assumptions in play in the public sector and community to various degrees that form the basis for the often antagonistic positioning a community or local government takes …
As a developer with a past chapter as both a public sector planner and a consultant to the public sector, I find the dance between the public and private sector …