Notes on downtown redevelopment, economic development, local government technology, and the practical work of making cities better.
Seventeen years of self-funded startup discipline, doing more with less, cutting waste, and building for performance, translates directly to how public boards should manage technology spending and operations.
A practical Georgia-focused guide to structuring downtown public-private partnerships without tripping over legal or financial pitfalls.
Tech jargon and vague vendor promises often lead to budget overruns or unusable systems. Here is a framework for vetting software proposals and protecting public dollars.
Traditional DDA funding shifts with politics and grants come with rigid rules. A Tax Allocation District directly captures the value a board creates and reinvests it into the district.
A Georgia-focused guide to treating sidewalks, street trees, and streetscape improvements as real economic infrastructure with measurable returns.
A Georgia-focused guide to how DDAs use leasehold structures, PILOT agreements, and bond-for-title transactions to create lawful property tax abatements, grounded in a real Downtown Griffin mill redevelopment.
Search behavior has changed permanently. Here's what web developers must do so content gets parsed, cited, and delivered in an AI-aggregated web.
A Georgia-focused guide to using land banks, in rem foreclosure, and redevelopment agreements to return abandoned lots to productive use.
Drones reduce inspection costs, improve property marketing, and provide high-resolution data for downtown redevelopment decisions.
A practical case for moving from broad downtown visioning to a live shortlist of real sites, real owners, and real next steps.
