Shared Air

Spottswood and Oliver. Probably not the kind of names to set you trembling. Especially if they belonged to your opponents in the legal battle of the American Century. And that was just the way they liked it–underestimated all the way to the Supreme Court where the power of their arguments, and their facts, did all [...]

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The horsepower of positive thinking? Today, we push up to Caroline County, home of Secretariat, and into Southside to meet Junie Donlavey, Stock Car legend. Two examples of risk and reward that defy convention and (re)define, yet again, what matters and what’s possible. Over the next week, we’re gonna begin to draw these images into [...]

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One of the things that seems to describe Richmond is Movement – horizontal and vertical. Frank Sprague’s trolley moved us from place to place, and his elevator moved us up and down. But we’re talking metaphors here, also. Vertical movement describes social growth and change, and we have buckets of that too. (Visit the Facebook [...]

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Each fall since 9-11, the insanity of humanity witnessed by our regional community, and country, has forced a change, or shift, from our previous understanding of what’s “normal” and decent and right.
With the 2001 terrorist attacks and anthrax scares, the I-95 serial snipers in ‘02, Isabel ‘03, Gaston ‘04, Katrina ‘05 and repeat Rita ‘06 [...]

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“Paying the meter of a parking space enables one to lease precious urban real estate on a short-term basis. What is the range of possible activities for this short-term lease?”

PARK(ing) Day is Friday September 18, 2009.
Born out of Rebar’s creative exploration for how urban public space is allocated and used, PARK(ing) Day has become an [...]

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Hi all.  A big aspect of Shared Air is an emphasis on the Sharing part. Truth be told, as much as many of us, self included, might think of ourselves as gregarious or altruistic  progressive thinkers and doers it’s depressing sometimes to see how little of ourselves and our ideas we’re willing to share – [...]

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Of all the Conversations on City Centers and Economics, Transit Stops and Transfer Hubs, Flood Zones and Flex-space, Vacant “Big Box” and Heat Island Conversions, Need to Feed the Street, Labor Lags and Layoffs, or Connecting Communities to Schools and Education to Learning…this “beets” them all, green thumbs down!

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Almost out of breath but not out of hope?  Turn off the cable news chaos and pick up a good book
about relishing the journey and making good choices along the way – – because how we live and how we love is how we learn to make the world a better place, one small step [...]

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Above is little hand-card I whipped up for today’s event at the Capitol with the First Lady, our Mayor and several politicos and social services orgs. The topic? Hopefully you get that from the pic, but the pdf version with details is here.  Shelli also posted earlier on the details of Zach Bonner’s Little Red [...]

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Q: WHERE IS ZACH?
A: On Monday 29 June 2009 [Day 50], he’s in RICHMOND!
In the News:   11-year old Zach Bonner of Florida is walking from His House to the White House, this year completing the last portion from Altanta GA to Washington DC (665 miles) of his 3-year journey.  And, Zach will be walking [...]

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