"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...

"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...

"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...

"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...

"I desperately wanted to fix my hometown, Miami. To help create place. I thought if we could only convince people, show them the power of place, its value, that things could change. I just needed to find a way to prove that to...