Good morning folks! I want to thank everyone again for the support, the shares and the opportunities of 2013. I wish you the best and look forward to us sharing more in 2014 . Look out for my 2014 wishes for good places this weekend and a very special surprise
Placebook: The Make Your City Edition
Hope everyone has enjoyed the holiday season! My goal is to spend a little more time on this page (and with you) for 2014 and figured it would be better for me to start this resolution in 2013. Part of that is bringing out a daily(or roughly daily), round-up of
By Kristen Jeffers
Book Club/Cities/Civic Inferiority Complex/Family and Place/Greensboro/New York City/Raleigh
Make Your City
This weekend marks five adult years of residence in my hometown of Greensboro, NC. To say that I moved back here kicking and screaming is an understatement. To say that staying here is what I imagined myself doing at this point in time is also inaccurate. However, the one
Introducing The Black Urbanist Book Club — New Media for Designers and Builders
I love reading. Those of you who have known me in real life for years don’t doubt or dispute that. In fact, I’ve spent more money on books than clothing in the past few weeks. So I knew it would only be a matter of time until I
Living in the Food Oasis of Greensboro
What grocery shopping is like for a person with infinite choices, but is a politically conscious urbanist.
Greensboro’s High Point Road and Lee Street, In Retrospect
City leaders want to change the names Lee Street and High Point Road, a major east-west connector route in the city which at one time was part of U.S. 29/70, to Gate City Boulevard. While many believe this will help spur economic development, I believe it will make no difference.
Why Homeless and Homeless-Ally Suppression Has to Stop if We Want Good Places
An analysis of the recent decisions to prohibit the homeless and services to the homeless from operating.
By Kristen Jeffers
apartment living/Cities/Civic Inferiority Complex/creative placemaking/downtown/Family and Place/Greensboro/Issues and Ideas/Politics of Place/Rural/tips for urbanist living
The Privilege of Urbanism, The Democracy of Placemaking
Thoughts as I put new urbanism and placemaking on the front page of my hometown Sunday paper.
Dream City, U.S.A.
What kind of city do I see in my dreams?
By Kristen Jeffers
Cities/Education/Family and Place/Greensboro/tips for urbanist living/Uncategorized
Thoughts on Bringing Our Youth Back Downtown
Because they are our present.
