Sell Saturns, Not Clunkers
In today’s section of The Local Economy Revolution, Della Rucker talks about selling cars. Find out what lessons that has for local economic development….
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I See Usability
“I see usability.” That was Della Rucker‘s father’s favorite saying — and it carries an important lesson for how we can view our cities and towns….
The Wise Economy Manifesto
by Della Rucker, AICP, CEcD Editor’s Note: To get a better feel for the principles underlying The Local Economy Revolution, read through Della Rucker’s, “The Wise Economy Manifesto” (version 2), set out below. In 2010,…
Challenges & Opportunities
…in Planning by Della Rucker, AICP, CEcD The Place Where We Live by Edward T. McMahon Redefining Our Future by Wendy Grey, AICP Change & Its Impacts by Jim Segedy, FAICP & Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, AICP…
MOAR Gardens & It’s Easy to Run a Small Business that Sucks
…have called to ask us what “MOAR Gardens” refers to.[ref]From Della Rucker: “MOAR” Gardens? It was just a joke …. There’s a popular online cartoonist called The Oatmeal who uses MOAR instead of “more” for…
Paradigm Mismatch & Gorilla Ecologies
…shift our methods to help that happen. Editor’s note: Read follow up Q & A where Della responds to questions I posed about what you just read. Coming next: Winning, Magic Bullets, & Unintended Consequences…
Native Species
See the previous section of The Local Economy Revolution: The Paper Machine and the Gardener Today: Della continues looking at the relationship between plants, gardening, and local economic development. Q: What’s the flower seen in…
Systemic Incentives Illness
See the previous section of The Local Economy Revolution, Use Incentives Right As many other commentators on economic development have pointed out, we waste a lot of money on incentives that, if we honestly went…
The Paper Machine and the Gardener
See the previous section of The Local Economy Revolution: Some Animals Are More Equal than Others & Does the Talent Want What We’re Offering Interlude That last section was kind of depressing stuff. The basic…
Pedestrian Scale Environments
See the previous section of The Local Economy Revolution, MOAR Gardens & It’s Easy to Run a Small Business that Sucks Bad planner confession: if I hear one more person talk about “walkability,” I’m going…
Drifters and Destiny Commanders
See the previous sections of The Local Economy Revolution: Winning, Magic Bullets & Unintended Consequences Today: the problem when communities drift towards the future — and why this can be a difficult challenge. We all…
Design Arrogance
See the previous section of The Local Economy Revolution: Externalities R Us & Evaluate, Already Today, what can go wrong when your community turns the wheels of a major project over to a “Grand Architect.”…
Making Room for What We Will Be Next
See the previous section of The Local Economy Revolution: I See Usability In today’s installment, why pulling harder won’t necessarily bring it back. I learned a long time ago that I am way too good…
