Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

I forgot to mention Arlington's core value

That power derives from the citizens. Not that citizens are to be tolerated. It's a citizen-resident-centric government, that leads from both the bottom and the top.

(An article in yesterday's Financial Times discusses "poor people entwinement" stating:

• Poor people entwinement at the leadership level sets the tone for the rest of the organization; and

• ...people are often perceived as commoditized resources (slaves) and at a personal level no more value-adding than, say, an item of stationery.

The article was about information technology, but the point is generalizable.

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