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Welcome - my name is Kevin Klinkenberg, and this site "The Messy City" is my blog and company website. I started blogging on urban planning and design issues in 2007, and began working in the field in 1993. Please feel free to connect with me on any of the social media sites listed here. Thanks for reading.

Some Elaboration on "Let Urban be Urban"

Some Elaboration on "Let Urban be Urban"

Last week I had the opportunity to speak at the Strong Towns Summit, in Tulsa, OK. Many thanks to the Strong Towns crew for the opportunity. As always, I learned a great deal from Chuck Marohn and the whole slate of presenters.

I did get to spend an hour elaborating on my topic of "Let Urban be Urban and Let Sprawl be Sprawl." It's a concept that won't make some folks happy, but it's increasingly what I feel as the right way to navigate current times in planning and development. You can see the full presentation here, by starting at the 2:40:00 mark. As always, please leave your comments below.

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