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Relaunch of Harvard Design Magazine
The Harvard Design Magazine has just published issue #48: America. As part of the relaunch there was a panel discussion next Tuesday, March 23 at 7:30pm Eastern with the editors, and authors in this issue. I was in dialog with guest editors Mark Lee and Florencia Rodriguez, and authors, Paul…
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Dialogues around Food ACCESS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
On March 11, 2021 at 4pm, Mimi Fritz, President and CEO of the Grand Rapids Downtown Market and Ted Spitzer, President of Market Ventures, Inc. who helped realize the vision will be in dialog with Marc Norman. The Downtown Market is an award winning development that ties philanthropy, market economics,…
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The Egalitarian Metropolis: New Maps, Metrics and Modalities
Supported by the Michigan-Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis, “Mapping the Egalitarian Metropolis: Spaces of Hope” featured work by six interdisciplinary research teams led by University of Michigan Taubman College faculty, each using techniques of deep mapping, critical cartography, and community engagement to reveal planned and unplanned places within Detroit. …
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Seminar Explores Disruptions in Real Estate and Development
This semester my graduate students at University of Michigan co-created a website to investigate how disruptions such as technological breakthroughs, climate change, financing mechanisms and pandemics affect the built environment, the underwriting model and policy. It was an education in moving instruction on-line, virtual collaboration, and the ways Urban Planners’…
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RE: Housing Conference Surfaces Best Practices in Detroit and Beyond
Re: Housing: Detroit, a symposium held in Detroit and Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan, convened innovators and researchers across the academy, real estate, architecture, planning, housing advocacy, and the city of Detroit in pursuit of real solutions to Detroit’s “Missing Middle” density housing. Full conference can be viewed…
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Federal Reserve Community Advisory Council Releases latest Report on the economy, covid and community impacts
The Community Advisory Council (CAC) of the Federal Reserve Board offers diverse perspectives on the economic circumstances and financial services needs of consumers and communities. As the Chair and an advisory council member, Marc Norman contributes to these semi-annual reports. See information about current Council members here. Read the latest…
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Driverless Series, Episode #1
“Driverless,” is a new video series with experts from wide-ranging disciplines at the University of Michigan explore how autonomous vehicles are changing our society. Episode #1 features Marc Norman, Associate Professor of Practice at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning discusses how our current automotive landscape hinders connectivity…
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Building Better Futures: Innovations in Equitable Development
“Building Better Futures: Innovations in Equitable Development,” is a conference that convened experts in design, finance, and development to examine mechanisms that connect communities, build wealth, and promote equity. The conference presentations can be viewed online. Public debate these days focuses increasingly on the challenge inequality poses to the viability…
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Growing in the Gaps: An Interview with Maurice Cox
The July 2018 issue of Urban Omnibus features Marc Norman interviewing Maurice Cox, Director of Detroit Planning and Development about revitalizing cities for all residents and maintaining and uplifting the successes and uniqueness of majority African American Cities. Read the full interview here
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Friendship Court Master Plan Draft Released
Friendship Court, a 150 unit development in Charlottesville, VA is undergoing a master planning process to create mixed income development on the site while not displacing existing residents, better connecting the site to its surrounding context and creating opportunity for the families currently on-site. A design team consisting of nationally known…