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By Brian Skeele, on April 4th, 2011 The #1 way to Support Local Food is by… creating a deeply affordable lifestyle. Lowering the cost of living frees up customers’ pocket books so they can buy more local food and dine at restaurants serving locally produced food. Local Farmers, Local Food…Santa Fe Saturday AM A deeply affordable lifestyle is essential in …

A Think and Do Tank By Brian Skeele, on May 24th, 2011 From where I stand, Innovation is the name of the game. How can we create an atmosphere conducive to innovation to better support the emerging sustainable economy in …emerging?? I’m envisioning an affordable, interdisciplinary Think and Do Tank, an innovation lab. As I contemplate this “Center for Innovation’, I can see …

WANTED: Killer Modeling Tool to Sell Sustainable Urban Villages! Part 1 By Brian Skeele, on March 8th, 2011 1/3 of the Boomers want to move in.  88% of the Millennials want to move in. The problem is, Sustainable Urban Villages don’t exist! Building Your Neighborhood Sustainable Well they do, between my ears and in my heart, but we need a great modeling …

Quest for the Killer Modeling Tool continues By Brian Skeele, on March 15th, 2011 The Quest is on!  Ray at Infracycle recommended taking a look at CommunityViz.  Coincidently, recently I’ve attended a couple of their  CommunityViz’s “Community Matters”  webinars…. On capturing customers for successful commercial- This article about Hershey Pennsylvania’s attempt to revitalize the town, from the ERSI site, has a good discussion …

By Brian Skeele, on April 6th, 2011 My wife is a HGTV addict.  I get hysterical and start frothing at the mouth at the “flip this house” kind of mentality I see on shows…I’ve learned to not watch, and make her put on the headphones. In the Post Flip this House Bubble era, I see an entire industry, from builders and …

By Brian Skeele, on April 6th, 2011 My wife is a HGTV addict.  I get hysterical and start frothing at the mouth at the “flip this house” kind of mentality I see on shows…I’ve learned to not watch, and make her put on the headphones. In the Post Flip this House Bubble era, I see an entire industry, from builders and …

By Brian Skeele, on March 1st, 2011 In my last blog “What to do about the Economy?” , I was saying “we need ‘sustainable mixed use, mixed income neighborhoods, with lifelong learning and open space…..everywhere’ “. Let me explain that a bit. In 2006, Arthur C Nelson has been  warning that the over supply of large lot suburban homes will …

By Brian Skeele, on March 8th, 2011 1/3 of the Boomers want to move in.  88% of the Millennials want to move in. The problem is, Sustainable Urban Villages don’t exist! Well they do, between my ears and in my heart, but we need a great modeling tool so all the future residents, landowners, finance people, city planners, designers, the school district, …

By Brian Skeele, on March 8th, 2011 1/3 of the Boomers want to move in.  88% of the Millennials want to move in. The problem is, Sustainable Urban Villages don’t exist! Well they do, between my ears and in my heart, but we need a great modeling tool so all the future residents, landowners, finance people, city planners, designers, the school district, …

By Brian Skeele, on March 8th, 2011 1/3 of the Boomers want to move in.  88% of the Millennials want to move in. The problem is, Sustainable Urban Villages don’t exist! Well they do, between my ears and in my heart, but we need a great modeling tool so all the future residents, landowners, finance people, city planners, designers, the school district, …