Shared Air

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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