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As a rule, we try not to talk about ourselves much here on the blog. We just don’t think we are all that interesting and know that there are much better things to talk about.

I am feeling sentimental today, so I am going to break the rules a bit.

I read a book a few years ago about Jet Blue Airlines and how it took them over two years to get the first plane in the air. I remember thinking that was crazy and could not imagine having to be so patient. Yet here we are in our fourth year and just now starting construction on our first home.

LJ Urban’s big audacious goal is to make cities better, but putting a bunch of designs on paper does not a better city make, as you can imagine. We are very excited as our efforts start to come to life over the next six months.

We are getting ready to be unveiling our 1100 square food masterpiece in West Sacramento (March 08′) and starting construction on two other new projects that break the mold of traditional development. We also will get a chance to test out our crazy ideas about how to work with buyers, or as we call them “Urban Optimists”, a term we stole from one of my T-shirts.

Jessie and I have three kids and the two older ones (6 and 3) still do not believe us when we say we build houses. It will be really exciting for us to walk through the first house with them and see the looks on their faces. You really have no idea what a great day that will be!

Its been a long road to where we are today but we are just getting started.

There have been surprises at every turn some have been amazing challenges and others like this blog have brought us to places we never thought we would be. We could not have imagined the value blogging would bring both internally in the area of real time feedback, and as a catalyst in the community for positive change. We always knew there were other eco-urbanists like us out there, but we had no idea that was a whole army of them wanting to make their city a better place to live.

LJ Urban has a dream and as Jason says in the Sit Here Video its bigger than we are because it involves everyone who wants to come along.

It just does not get any better than this! Unless of course you are talking about tomorrow.

Levi