Last week, I got a chance to attend Small Scale Development Forum (SSDF) #22 in Kansas City, Missouri. SSDF is my favorite real estate-based event of the year, and reflects a growing, largely word-of-mouth cohort of people from all over the country committed to doing development the right way.
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So many things learned on our 12th Food Crawl, specifically including how to better pedestrianize a street; support, fund, and scale street art (and related festivals); and vend orange julep in large quantities via PVC piping running through a large spherical orange building that can be seen from space. Thanks, Montreal!
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Last week, we took a day away from the office to explore downtown Lawrence, MA, and while we have embarked on longer annual food crawls in cities outside of New England in the past, it was fun to explore to a vibrant and diverse city closer to Boston, in an effort to expand our network of developers and community leaders who are transforming nearby neighborhoods. The food listed in Melissa and Noah’s itinerary was also a bonus!
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Today, we’re very excited to announce the official launch of a stand alone website serving as an online version of the Small Business Tool Kit.
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Towards the end of 2023 our dear friend and former GSP teammate Corey Zehngebot came by the office for lunch. It got me thinking about something Corey said often, which has stuck with me and become part of my own lexicon: “information wants to be freed.” Corey always asserted (and practiced) that hoarding knowledge and […]
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Please join me in welcoming Wendell and Noah to the team — and know that you’ll get to meet them both very soon!
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We are now into double digits on the number of food crawls we’ve done over the years, though as many of you know these trips have become about so much more than just eating and drinking. And Miami was no exception.
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Now, after these nine and half years I’ve decided it’s the right time for me to step away from GSP to explore new opportunities to grow, learn, and lead, to tackle different challenges, and to find new ways to have direct impact on the issues and communities I care about.
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And we’re back! After over a year and a half, because good things come to those who wait, Drew and Jesse are back “in the studio” to record the first episode of an endless season.
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Traveling and exploring is important to our work at Graffito. All of us thrive on it; and I know each person on the Graffito team has missed it dearly these past few years.
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