by OU IQC | Jun 22, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
“Cities are being driven by their ability to attract talent. The most important investment a city can make is education.” “Denver is an example of a city that made an intentional decision to invest in mass transit. Oklahoma City made a decision to...
by OU IQC | Jun 22, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
“For an investor to succeed in a community-building investment, he or she has to have partners, has to have talent who can drive the investment forward. They have to have a cheering section in a community.” “One of the biggest community challenges...
by OU IQC | Jun 22, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
“If a city is requiring more than 3 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet, it is requiring more parking area than building area.” “The public sector comes in and forces the private market to produce a fixed supply of parking and then deliver it free...
by OU IQC | Jun 16, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
“In the 19th Century our leading causes of death were infectious diseases and cholera. We didn’t have antibiotics or vaccines, so we had to look at our cities- Planning and public health were birthed together and we were able to defeat many of these...
by OU IQC | Jun 16, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
“As I was working as an engineer and planner, I started to ask myself questions about why the projects I was working on didn’t seem to make a lot of financial sense. Why are cities that are experiencing robust growth having deep financial problems?”...
