"No logos, no slogans, no special “make the city better” organizations
The city is just because it is. Having a brand is ok, but at the end of the day, you don’t live in your city because it has a logo that looks suspiciously like Walmart’s. You live there because it provides everything you need (or a job that lets you get to everything you need, there’s a difference). I like having special programs, but if that’s the only thing driving folks to the city, then there’s a deeper problem. Cities work when all forms of economic development, as well as sensible architecture, are employed, not one or two, with haphazard plans.
I need urbanism to mature to a point where I can have a conversation with my family about what I write about and not have to dumb down the language. Where sprawl repair, tactical urbanism, and good governance are just simply
PLACE." -- from The Case for a Lazy Urbanism by Kristen E. Jeffers, Master of Public Affairs focused on community and economic development, Bachelor of Arts in communication with a concentration in public relations, Public Affairs Officer for the North Carolina Humanities Council and Author of Killing the Civic Inferiority Complex.
The city is just because it is. Having a brand is ok, but at the end of the day, you don’t live in your city because it has a logo that looks suspiciously like Walmart’s. You live there because it provides everything you need (or a job that lets you get to everything you need, there’s a difference). I like having special programs, but if that’s the only thing driving folks to the city, then there’s a deeper problem. Cities work when all forms of economic development, as well as sensible architecture, are employed, not one or two, with haphazard plans.
I need urbanism to mature to a point where I can have a conversation with my family about what I write about and not have to dumb down the language. Where sprawl repair, tactical urbanism, and good governance are just simply
PLACE." -- from The Case for a Lazy Urbanism by Kristen E. Jeffers, Master of Public Affairs focused on community and economic development, Bachelor of Arts in communication with a concentration in public relations, Public Affairs Officer for the North Carolina Humanities Council and Author of Killing the Civic Inferiority Complex.
