Director of the Metropolitan Planning Organization serving Greater Akron. My responsiblities include developing a regional transportation plan; overseeing the expenditure of federal transportation funds; and coordinating transportation improvements and regional planning initiatives with federal, state, and local elected officials.
I'm also a resident of Akron's Wallhaven neighborhood and a huge proponent of both my hometown (Akron) and this entire region.
I responded to Mike Shafarenko: To name a few: Thursday's Lounge; The Matinee; Luigi's; Swenson's; Emidio's; DeVitis' Italian...
Post a comment on what you love about Akron!
I responded to Nancy Reeves: Take your time, Nancy. I'm sure that you'll come up with something great! Looking forward to it.
(To both Jason and John) I've been thinking about policies, and have some ideas. Unfortunately my plate has been pretty full this week so my ideas are not yet ready for prime time. I hope to have some time next week to... Continue reading
I responded to Alex Keleman: We had a great meeting last night. Thank you, Alex, for creating this conversation and getting...
AMATS Citizens Involvement Committee takes their annual "summer road trip" out of usual meeting venue to the Akron METRO Intermodal Transit Center next Thursday, August 11 at 7PM. It's a location and agenda of interest... Continue reading
I responded to Angie Schmitt: You've hit on something very important. And I think it is something that just about all of us...
This is kind of fun I think. I am not the only one that hates sprawl. I think there is a very widespread dissatisfaction with the type of communities we've been building for the last few decades. If nothing else, among... Continue reading
I responded to Skip Chesterland: I agree that America is one of (if not the) richest and freeest countries in the world, and there...
Communist are always wrong about economies and government. I saw firsthand in communist China the outcomes of the thinking that I heard expressed in this post. History, not revised history, is clear. Free... Continue reading
I responded to Nancy Reeves: Nancy, you did a great job of speaking to some of the environmental and social elements of...
Hmm. Those are not the definitions would have occurred to me. When I think of sustainability, what comes to my mind is a much broader environmental, social, and economic sustainability: * Minimizing our impact on... Continue reading
I responded to Peter Comings: Peter, could you elaborate a bit more? I think I know what you are driving at, but if you could...
Sustainability equals adaptability which, to me, seems to demand NOT specializing, whether you draw the circle of community around one city or a region.
I responded to Angie Schmitt: Angie, do you have some suggestions on strategies that we should be advocating with our...
Just one little quibble. Being marketable is not the same as being economically sustainable. New exurban areas are totally reliant on growth to maintain the low-tax rates that are their biggest selling point. But... Continue reading
I responded to Jason Segedy: What are we going to be advocating/championing/promoting? If our Consortium is going to do...
There are two kinds of sustainability: • Design sustainability (dependent upon the built environment - architecture, layout, design, infrastructure connections, location, etc.) – this is more easily influenced by... Continue reading
I responded to Jason Segedy: There are two kinds of sustainability: • Design sustainability (dependent upon the built...
What does “Sustainability” really mean? Given a long enough timeline, nothing is “sustainable”. We live in a finite universe, subject to the law of entropy. The Roman Empire was sustainable. . .until it wasn’t. ... Continue reading
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