Nathan Norris

@markskovorodko @hblackson Yes, the Waters in Alabama (lead master planner was Steve Mouzon when he was at PlaceMakers). The other photo is from the panhandle of Florida by a national production builder.

@hblackson @NewTownAdvisor Awesome, thanks Howard!!

Join us in New Orleans in November for our 7th CityBuilding Exchange (citybuildingexchange.com) where we share practical ideas and tools for making your community better NOW. Fantastic faculty this year. NOV 9 -11.

Join us on CBX 2020 (aka Magical Mystery Tour; citybuildingexchange.com) for the perfect hands-on crash course in placemaking as we make our way to CNU 28. Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, Taliesin, Minneapolis/Saint Paul. June 6 - 9. EXPLORE & LEARN w/OTHERS!

Top 20 CityBuilding Mistakes #6 Failing to regulate land use in conjunction with the roadways. Adopt a context-appropriate Public Works Manual that makes it easier to make sure that the roadways, lighting, trees, rainwater management, utilities are the appropriate character.

Top 20 CityBuilding Mistakes #6 Failing to regulate land use in conjunction with the roadways (& public frontage). The typical mistakes are putting urban buildings on a suburban street, or putting suburban buildings on an urban street. Sync everything.

@stevemouzon @hblackson @gdurbanist @CityBuildingEx All 12 steps can be found in one of the 3 steps of placemaking. The 3 steps allow someone to see where an initiative if failing. Insufficient consensus on the vision? Thinking you were done after developing a vision or code? Trying to implement without a vision? Etc...

@NewTownAdvisor @hblackson @gdurbanist @CityBuildingEx @NewTownAdvisor these 3 steps of #PlaceMaking are excellent for most jobs, but some challenges require more steps because people say "you can't get there from here." Things like converting sprawl to sustainable urbanism. I'd say 12 steps minimum for that: originalgreen.org/blog/2018/the-…

Top 20 CityBuilding Mistakes #2 Failing to provide Context/Path for your initiatives; i.e., the 3 steps of PlaceMaking-- crafting a meaningful vision, developing rules & tools to make it easier to achieve the vision, then implementing the vision.

@stevemouzon @hblackson @gdurbanist @spolikov I mistakenly combined #3 with #2. #2 is failing to provide the context & path for the 3 steps of placemaking. #3 is refusing to do that heavy lifting that is required for crafting a meaningful vision. #4 is failing to identify a model to emulate.

@NewTownAdvisor @hblackson @gdurbanist @spolikov Hey @NewTownAdvisor where was #4? Don't be holding back on us!

Top 20 CityBuilding Mistakes #5 Accepting one-size-fits-all rules that prevent the application of different rules for different places. Draft your rules as if no one wants to read them; i.e., make them graphic.

Top 20 CityBuilding Mistakes #5 Accepting one-size-fits-all rules that prevent the application of different rules for different places. Develop the rules aka "code" that includes functional design metrics that establish the character of the place. In short, code for character.

@stevemouzon Started today :).

Hey @NewTownAdvisor when are you putting out that first Top 10 volley of tweets?