I may not be writing much on here these days, but I am finding a few outlets to share thoughts elsewhere. This year, my work life has given me a few more opportunities to take a bit of a platform, and I link to a few of them here.

First off, I spoke at the August Duluth Lyceum on the history of urban planning in Duluth. I try to pack a lot into 25 minutes here, and longtime readers will recognize bits and pieces, but it’s a good, quick summation of how Duluth’s history meshes with, and sometimes differs from, major trends in urban planning thought.

More substantively, I completed a white paper on regional economic cooperation. It’s a bit of an insider piece for people involved loosely in economic development, but my broader audience still might find it interesting, or at the very least an explainer for what it is I actually do with my day job. It is available on the Northspan website at https://www.northspan.org/ecosystem-thinking-a-northspan-white-paper/. A much shorter version ran as an op ed in the Duluth News Tribune recently, too.

With the right combination of inspiration, free time, and luck, I should be back with more here soon.