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Showing posts with label Economic Development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Economic Development. Show all posts
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Traverse City's Growing Pains: Big Buildings in Traverse City

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This past summer, my wife and I recently took a trip back to my homeland of Michigan. We flew directly into Traverse City, Michigan . It...
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Hair Ye, Hair Ye! (Again), Black Swan Yoga, Juiceland - The Houston Heights Becoming Austin East

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In August, plans on the Mosley Commercial  website included the "Heights Plaza" property at 420 E. 20th Street in the Houston Hei...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Hair Ye, Hair Ye! - Houston To Get A Cut of Austin with Birds Barbershop?

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A leasing sign from Moseley Commercial suggesting a remodel of the commercial strip center at 420 E 20th Street, the former home of the ...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Mattress Manifest Destiny Part 2: Mattress Firm, Mattress Pro and Mattress 1 One

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Houston's mattress population continues to rise. Mattress Firm, Mattress Pro and Mattress 1 One locations continue to open at a pretty f...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Mattress Manifest Destiny in Houston: Mattress Firm and Mattress Pro

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If you live in Houston, you might notice the seemingly rapid growth in the number of Houston-based Mattress Firm locations, especially w...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

"Houston...Today", Today - The Urban Land Institute's 1974 Houston Spring Meeting Brochure

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I always enjoy reading about Houston, especially when it comes to how the city developed. I recently came across the 1974 Urban Land Inst...
Friday, February 20, 2015

Geography on Set: Connecting Real Places to Parks and Recreation - Future Gryzzl Headquarters

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If you're following along with the final season of Parks and Recreation, you know that Pawnee is undergoing some rapid changes. One ...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Redevelopment in Huntington, West Virginia; The Jewel City

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This week I saw a tweet announcing that Strong Towns , the non-profit that supports models of development that allow cities, towns and n...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Championing Downtown Houston

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I moved to Houston almost three years ago, and since then I've spent most of my time in Downtown Houston. It's where I work and r...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Looking Forward to the Texas Big Six 2040: Potential Discussion Topics

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This Friday city planning and development leaders from Texas' largest cities will gather at Texas Southern University for a day-long w...
Thursday, November 6, 2014

The Texas Big Six 2040 - Planning For Texas' Largest Cities

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It's not often that you can gather leaders in a particular field from each of a state's largest cities. You might get them all in ...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Downtown Houston, Families and Residential Development

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It's easy to be excited about the increase of multifamily housing developments in Downtown Houston. They're popping up  all over ...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Houston, Zoning & the New Donut Model

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Mmm, donuts. A few weeks ago on Urbanophile   Aaron Renn  discussed a historical concept of urban development known as the "donut...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Houston: The Adolescent City

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Recently, people have struggled to describe Houston, to give it an identity. We've got a new slogan that touts Houston's endles...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Downtown People Movers; Houston's People Mover Past

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A few weeks ago  METRO Houston board member   Christof Spieler posted some pictures from a recent trip to Detroit. Like any visitor to D...