TBDplacemaking
Architecture
Chakrabarti’s Vision Designs Connection Into Every Place
In The Architecture of Urbanity, Vishaan Chakrabarti calls for a reinvention of how—and why—we build communities. Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki explains why Chakrabarti’s ideas about nature, culture, and joy couldn’t be more urgent.
Policy
A Missing Middle Breakthrough In Heartland USA: Vision, Grit, Toilets
A high-risk land bid, a $2,000 toilet, and a mayor’s green light launched a walkable housing model in Papillion. Now, it’s proof that a missing-middle housing future is possible—even in suburbia.
Land
How Our 'Stuck' Housing Market Mutes Healthy Mobility
Our need to move socially and economically is the central theme in the recent book from Atlantic editor Yoni Appelbaum.
Land
Neighborhoods Need People Energy, Not Just Housing Units
Scott Snodgrass — urban farmer turned community developer — makes his debut with The Builder’s Daily a compelling call to action: let’s rethink neighborhood design through the lens of human-centered science.
Technology
Trailblazer: A Brightline Moment For Community Infrastructure
An exclusive conversation with Streetleaf founder and CEO Liam Ryan reveals how an overlooked piece of infrastructure—streetlights—became the gateway to cost savings, resiliency, and smarter land development. Here’s the inside story of a breakthrough innovation that’s lighting the way forward.





placemaking
Architecture 07.31.25
Chakrabarti’s Vision Designs Connection Into Every Place
In The Architecture of Urbanity, Vishaan Chakrabarti calls for a reinvention of how—and why—we build communities. Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki explains why Chakrabarti’s ideas about nature, culture, and joy couldn’t be more urgent.
Policy 07.17.25
A Missing Middle Breakthrough In Heartland USA: Vision, Grit, Toilets
A high-risk land bid, a $2,000 toilet, and a mayor’s green light launched a walkable housing model in Papillion. Now, it’s proof that a missing-middle housing future is possible—even in suburbia.
Land 06.22.25
How Our 'Stuck' Housing Market Mutes Healthy Mobility
Our need to move socially and economically is the central theme in the recent book from Atlantic editor Yoni Appelbaum.
Land 05.01.25
Neighborhoods Need People Energy, Not Just Housing Units
Scott Snodgrass — urban farmer turned community developer — makes his debut with The Builder’s Daily a compelling call to action: let’s rethink neighborhood design through the lens of human-centered science.
Technology 03.13.25
Trailblazer: A Brightline Moment For Community Infrastructure
An exclusive conversation with Streetleaf founder and CEO Liam Ryan reveals how an overlooked piece of infrastructure—streetlights—became the gateway to cost savings, resiliency, and smarter land development. Here’s the inside story of a breakthrough innovation that’s lighting the way forward.