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Preliminary thesis findings – pragmatic and modernistic

The City of Guelph’s downtown is currently subject to grand planning, modest investment, and a conscientious public eager for change of the good kind. Located in a growing region and offering a distinguishable urban character, where valuing the true ‘smart’ … Continue reading

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Putting Downtown Guelph On the Map – optimistic, pragmatic, critical, collaborative and/or technocratic

I’m in a writing mode these days, near complete with my first draft of introduction, literature review and methodology. This is the background and foundation the subsequent analysis will depend upon. It’s time consuming, mind-altering and a lot of fun. … Continue reading

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Week 11 – Urbanism

It’s all about getting the ideas on the paper as well as presenting them orally, making sense of it all and allowing others to make sense of it as well. This is no little challenge. And I love it! Uptown … Continue reading

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A Thank You to Brugmann – your book is an inspiration

Jeb Brugmann’s “Welcome to the Urban Revolution – How Cities are Changing the World” (2009) is a great book to all Urban Planners, professional or students alike. My past posts referring to Brugmann’s work in this blog is never intended … Continue reading

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OK, what's this blog all about?

Well, I use the blog as an educational tool for my very own purpose. I digest information related to my academic training (international development studies in the past and urban planning beginning in the fall), and then I try to … Continue reading

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