“Monte Anderson divides large houses into multiple homes. He turned an old Ace Hardware into a market. He builds housing in what used to be grocery store parking lots. These are not miracles so much as they are replicable moves.”
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“The good ideas are the easy part… it’s how you actually make the good ideas happen that differentiates the practitioners that are actually doing something useful and those that aren’t.” @brenttoderian.bsky.social
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You’re so kind!
16.02.2026 13:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Is it ever gonna be enough?!! - Metric (do I get points for giving a Canadian band?!)
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Listening to @brenttoderian.bsky.social is inspiring me, as a trained urban planner but working in buildings / preservation, to stay focused and keep my eye on the prize. Working in Buffalo has deep challenges but is worth investing love and time into.
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Infill small scale development talk !
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Love him.
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Photo of Jon Jon Wesolowski featured as a speaker for the 2025 Strong Towns National Gathering in Providence, Rhode Island from June 9-11.
Graphiuc featuring the bio of Jon Jon Wesolowski as a speaker for the 2025 Strong Towns National Gathering in Providence, Rhode Island from June 9-11.
Time to meet your movement! The 2025 Strong Towns National Gathering has a packed schedule of speakers who share your vision. Here’s one: Jon Jon Wesolowski!
Get your tickets before they’re gone! buff.ly/FpjKP7U
Curious on knowing more about the buffalo green code? Tomorrow there’s a virtual talk with Chris Hawley and I from 12-1pm EST.
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#BuffaloGreenCode #UrbanPlanning #LunchAndLearn #BuffaloNY
Venn diagram of the three words “what,” “the” and “fuck.”
You know I love a good Venn Diagram. Been seeing this one around lately. Seems to sum up the times.
23.02.2025 22:27 — 👍 730 🔁 145 💬 6 📌 10
Let’s pay the bills using good urbanism.
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Awww
16.02.2025 21:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
American housing policy in four words:
Not. One. Homeless. Automobile.
I emailed my senators …. and texted my state assemblyman asking him to get nys to be its own country. Wish I was joking.
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“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
Making the case for Buffalo: Buffalo Bills Edition
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Gotta say the Dutch really snapped naming their bike/pedestrian safety movement “Stop de Kindermood” (stop the child murder) instead of something more polite like Vision Zero.
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Front and back cover of the book
Have you read this important book yet? “The 15-Minute City” by @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social building on his groundbreaking work advising Paris and its inspirational Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social. Honoured to be on the back cover with other passionate urbanists. #UrbanismBookClub
26.01.2025 06:09 — 👍 436 🔁 68 💬 10 📌 5I am not praising myself when I say this but using it as a reminder: instead of buying a boxset online via Amazon or b&n, I took the time to call my local bookstore. A human picked up, it took 3 min to order and will be here in a few days. Take the extra five minutes of time to SHOP LOCAL.
25.01.2025 19:18 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hear my perspective about Niagara Falls looking for developers for over a dozen historic buildings. What an opportunity for local ownership and small businesses!
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Wow, we have an entire Main St. for sale in Niagara Falls and locally owned, small scale developers are the answer. See details here.
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This happens to me sometimes!
22.01.2025 04:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I switched to my content harder because I wanted to get the F off of politics
22.01.2025 02:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Highly recommended.
21.01.2025 14:48 — 👍 408 🔁 62 💬 9 📌 4I basically left X a while ago but check in for weather / snow things here in Buffalo. But I will be deleting it asap - that I promise. Just need to remember my PW to do it. 🙃
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Small scale developers need support - not just $$ but a “hug” of support as they put their limited money & time they have into a risky situation. It’s why we (NEVO) wrote a workbook & work with communities to build the ecosystem. Here is a success in Lafayette! Gigi and her hubby saved this cutie. 🩷
21.01.2025 17:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Buffalo is launching a strong towns chapter - with me leading the effort. any advice / words of wisdom you want to give on start up? Organizing?
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Graphic with the words "It's all local now" and the word "local" is spelled out in Scrabble tiles.
Remember: it’s all local now.
Everything you are passionate about at the national level has a local analog that needs your attention.
The time and effort you put into making your place stronger and more prosperous will make a huge difference.
Agree. He knows what he’s doing.
20.01.2025 23:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0For the first time in a year, I took my car that I barely use out to the burbs and went clothes shopping while listening to calming piano music. I just couldn’t turn on the news today and needed to be FAR away. 😆
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