Mitch WasterlainTeaching Flexible and Creative Thinking with the Urban Plan ProgramThere’s a lot of talk about tech education these days. The thinking is that we need more engineers, more programmers, and more workers with…Jun 7, 2017Jun 7, 2017
Mitch WasterlaininNext CitiesCan the Kingdom of Happiness be saved? Downtown Las Vegas in the post-Zappos Era.Downtown Las Vegas is not the first city most urban planners would pick as the next Seattle. Then again, Seattle wasn’t an obvious choice…May 10, 2017May 10, 2017
Mitch WasterlaininNext CitiesYou can go home again, sort of.In his recent New York Times Op Ed piece, JD Vance writes about his move back to Ohio from Silicon Valley. After leaving Ohio at 19 to join…Mar 20, 2017Mar 20, 2017
Mitch WasterlaininNext CitiesWhy do McDonald’s, Google, and Soho House want to be near meatpacking?McDonald’s wants to update its image and recruit entrepreneurial cool kids. The cool kids are in gritty (or formerly gritty) urban…Mar 13, 2017Mar 13, 2017