Archive for June, 2008

Living Spaces: Better Design, Smaller Footprint

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Eric Storm and Beth Meredith of the design firm Living Spaces. Eric and Beth stumbled across my site and invited me to lunch to discuss ADUs.

Without going into too much detail, we had a great conversation about the ADU program, it’s shortcomings, and how the city could tweak [...]

Live/Work Heroes

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

I’m introducing a new category to the site this week. It’s called “Heroes.” The idea is to highlight individuals, businesses, and organizations that have contributed to the project. Initially, I was going to call this category “Heroes and Villains” but decided that the “Villains” just weren’t worth my time or energy. Focus on the positive!

Why Portland’s ADU Program is Flawed

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

(and how they can fix it)
Those of you following this website know that for over a year (17 months, but who’s counting?) I’ve been trying to get our ADU project off the ground. We’ve won some major battles (land use adjustments) suffered some small setbacks (NIMBY neighbors) and learned a lot about urban development.
A few [...]

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