I think I introduced myself months ago, but I am not sure.
Let me give it another shot..
I started out as a very left-wing commie type, laboring among the other sectarian pinheads, when my little corner of the sectlet world collapsed. Answer: graduate school!
My hard line views softened and after graduation I worked for several years in a big city government in various planning and community development jobs. Then came some work doing community-based development in low income neighborhoods. Then a short stint selling surplus state human service campuses (former hospitals, etc.)
From there, I started heading for the dark side, doing commercial real estate development (strip center rehabs, commercial office space) before landing back in a facilities planning job with a local institution.
I am not sure what lessons I have drawn from this two decade sojourn in and around planning. I am certainly more sensitive and respectful of property rights and less tolerant of government regulation that is stupid or just arbitrary.
I do still feel more attached to planning as a profession than to the business side of real esate development or even community-based housing and other development.
So - stop by and say hi, ok?
- decay b
Let me give it another shot..
I started out as a very left-wing commie type, laboring among the other sectarian pinheads, when my little corner of the sectlet world collapsed. Answer: graduate school!
My hard line views softened and after graduation I worked for several years in a big city government in various planning and community development jobs. Then came some work doing community-based development in low income neighborhoods. Then a short stint selling surplus state human service campuses (former hospitals, etc.)
From there, I started heading for the dark side, doing commercial real estate development (strip center rehabs, commercial office space) before landing back in a facilities planning job with a local institution.
I am not sure what lessons I have drawn from this two decade sojourn in and around planning. I am certainly more sensitive and respectful of property rights and less tolerant of government regulation that is stupid or just arbitrary.
I do still feel more attached to planning as a profession than to the business side of real esate development or even community-based housing and other development.
So - stop by and say hi, ok?
- decay b