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Economic Empowerment Pt 1

Redefining Economic Development through Public Engagement  Economic development can be intimidating. There is a reason we don’t see charrettes or mobile workshops or photo contests

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Go to Them and K.i.s.s.

by Tanya Zwahlen I’m on my way back from the American Planning Association conference in New York right now. By Amtrak train. Which means I’ve

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The Street Liason is In

by Jen Topa It brings me pleasure to serve in the role of Street Liaison for the City of Rochester, because the position merges my

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Experts Vs. the Public

by Tanya Zwahlen My friend Jason recently tweeted a link to this article from 2013, entitled “The Death of Expertise” by Tom Nichols. Nichols argues that given

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Why I Became a Planner

by Tanya Zwahlen Last Wednesday, I received an email from my eight year old son, Christian Hartley. I didn’t know he had an email address,

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