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Advanced Placemaking Advanced Placemaking specializes in in Transformational Real Estate Development and Community-Based Economic Development.

By bringing transformational real estate development to troubled sites, and community-based economic development to towns and cities, we harness the power of markets to build change. Advanced Placemaking helps neighborhoods, local governments, developers, and property owners craft serious, organized strategies for economic development and revitalization. With our unique combination of business exp

erience and public policy expertise, we craft strategies that are courageous, innovative, and extremely entrepreneurial. Furthermore, our process involves and engages local residents, so that they themselves become the drivers of creative change, rather than its opponents. A functional economic development strategy is more than a laundry list of hopes and dreams. It must be a realistic game plan that harnesses the unique assets of a community, and puts them to productive use in innovative ways that builds pride, creates opportunity, and is sustainable for the long term. Positive change of this sort does not happen by accident. It requires creative vision, pragmatism, and a deep understanding of the principles that drive local economies. We help communities to define success on their own terms, and then give them the tools to achieve it.

Home Depot. New York City.
25/04/2017

Home Depot. New York City.

Best alleys in America: Ft. Collins, CO. Ft. Collins, Colorado Downtown Fort Collins Visit Fort Collins City o...
18/04/2017

Best alleys in America: Ft. Collins, CO.

Ft. Collins, Colorado Downtown Fort Collins Visit Fort Collins City of Fort Collins

Someone either got fired or promoted for this.
16/04/2017

Someone either got fired or promoted for this.

Um... You're welcome.
11/04/2017

Um... You're welcome.

Towns and cities brim with untold stories.
04/04/2017

Towns and cities brim with untold stories.

Suburban .
28/03/2017

Suburban .

There’s a great article in Greenbook magazine about our work in post-flood Ellicott City.
24/03/2017

There’s a great article in Greenbook magazine about our work in post-flood Ellicott City.

Presenting the Rt. 13 Redevelopment Plan to the Salisbury City Council.
22/03/2017

Presenting the Rt. 13 Redevelopment Plan to the Salisbury City Council.

Swann Memorial Fountain: truly one of the greatest public fountains in America.
21/03/2017

Swann Memorial Fountain: truly one of the greatest public fountains in America.

Windswept Plaza.
14/03/2017

Windswept Plaza.

Bikelanes at the seat of power.
07/03/2017

Bikelanes at the seat of power.

Epic PlaceFail.
28/02/2017

Epic PlaceFail.

Where the sidewalk ends.
21/02/2017

Where the sidewalk ends.

Amen. Bikemore Bikemore Baltimore Bike Party
14/02/2017

Amen.

Bikemore Bikemore Baltimore Bike Party

The best car wash ever! Mid-Century Modernism can be fun. Palo Alto, CA.
07/02/2017

The best car wash ever! Mid-Century Modernism can be fun. Palo Alto, CA.

It’s a packed house at the Ellicott City Partnership meeting, where I’m presenting the ULI panel findings. ...
31/01/2017

It’s a packed house at the Ellicott City Partnership meeting, where I’m presenting the ULI panel findings.

Abstract doesn't necessarily mean pleasant.
31/01/2017

Abstract doesn't necessarily mean pleasant.

The South Baltimore Gateway Community Impact District is making huge progress. It’s hard work. But neighborhoods across ...
26/01/2017

The South Baltimore Gateway Community Impact District is making huge progress. It’s hard work. But neighborhoods across the District are rolling up their sleeves.

The plants know what the designers didn't: what people desire in their hearts.
24/01/2017

The plants know what the designers didn't: what people desire in their hearts.

Today I joined County Executive Kittleman and HCEDA in celebrating the opening of Millworks, the new business center and...
19/01/2017

Today I joined County Executive Kittleman and HCEDA in celebrating the opening of Millworks, the new business center and incubator at the heart of Ellicott City.

Give the turning radius back to people.
17/01/2017

Give the turning radius back to people.

A fitting image: Sunrise over the Middle Branch. I’m here early to facilitate a Strategic Planning meeting for the South...
14/01/2017

A fitting image: Sunrise over the Middle Branch. I’m here early to facilitate a Strategic Planning meeting for the South Baltimore Gateway District. The question at hand: what’s the best way to spend $7 million/year to help neighborhoods?

The sun rises over historic Ellicott City as Day 2 of our flood-response ULI panel begins.
12/01/2017

The sun rises over historic Ellicott City as Day 2 of our flood-response ULI panel begins.

The first day of our Ellicott City ULI panel was an amazing experience. After the flood, people here are ready to make a...
12/01/2017

The first day of our Ellicott City ULI panel was an amazing experience. After the flood, people here are ready to make a change. It is an exciting time.

Protected bike lane; parking lane with pedestrian refuge; three narrow lanes of traffic. If they can do it in Manhattan,...
10/01/2017

Protected bike lane; parking lane with pedestrian refuge; three narrow lanes of traffic. If they can do it in Manhattan, you can do it, too.

In Steamboat, CO they fill main street with snow, and then tow children on skis behind galloping horses.
03/01/2017

In Steamboat, CO they fill main street with snow, and then tow children on skis behind galloping horses.

Let's all do better this year: No More PlaceFails.
01/01/2017

Let's all do better this year: No More PlaceFails.

A New Year's Resolution for all of us.
31/12/2016

A New Year's Resolution for all of us.

Sending love from (and to) the towns and cities of the world.
25/12/2016

Sending love from (and to) the towns and cities of the world.

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