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Sometimes I get so wrapped up in defending well designed density that I forget some of the basic reasons for it. It was refreshing to see this post from a conference in Israel - where land is much scarcer and fought over than here. I liked this quote - “Transit, culture, creativity ­ [...]

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I read Thomas Friedman’s column today in the NY Times. It was a tribute to his mother who passed away this past year. One thing he quoted her on really jumped out at me.
“Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong, but great changes are made by optimists.”
I took my wife and kids over [...]

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I’ve been trying to be more intentional these days about living with a sense of wonder. I see the trait so evident in my children and witness the joy and rapture they have with the smallest of pleasures. It’s inspiring and humbling to encounter the depth of their simple delights.
Then, yesterday, I came across [...]

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Do one thing every day that scares you.
Eleanor Roosevelt

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I’ve been sitting on this article from Good Magazine for awhile and just found it at the bottom of a stack of papers on my desk. Derrik Ashong articulates something that I’ve been musing on for a while now and I imagine many of you have as well: a knowing sense of change in [...]

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Jason emailed this to me today.
“It is not the Critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; [...]

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We recently put up a quote board for various things heard around the office, and so far the posts have been pretty out there.
Like this one from last week.
“Its funny what you find when looking for toilet paper on the internet” -Scott
I found a blog quote that I think deserves to make it [...]

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“Trying to curb traffic congestion by adding more capacity is like trying to curb obesity by loosening your belt.”
Taken from Dolores Hayden’s “Field Guide to Sprawl.”
Jason

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Yes, this title resembles yesterdays… intentionally so… read on.
Yesterday, I posted our support for ECOS opposition to development outside the Urban Boundary.
Today, I read this story in the Bee and found it somewhat timely and relevant. I just wish the story had dug a little deeper than simply “how people feel about the egrets” [...]

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