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The Democracy Cog

by Christopher Dunne It’s been a whirlwind two months since I started as a Senior Planner with Highland Planning and only a little longer since

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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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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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Re:Main Social in Downtown Rochester

by Tanya Zwahlen In 2016, Rochester received a Rose Fellowship, a year-long study to help cities develop and advance land use policies that will stimulate creative, efficient,

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How To Kick Off a Project

by M. Andre Primus One of our latest projects at Highland Planning is the comprehensive plan update for the City of Rochester, also known as

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Happy 100th Birthday Jane!

by Tanya Zwahlen Happy 100th birthday to the woman who inspired me to become a planner. The Godmother of Planning. The late, great Jane Jacobs.

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