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Small businesses aren’t enough. We need tiny businesses. We need low-cost, low-red-tape opportunities for people to experiment with an idea. And when it succeeds and they outgrow the space, someone else gets their chance. A daisy chain of small-business success.@Anchovy Book Co

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Last week I got to see the still under construction Oxford Bend Park, part of the Great Rivers Greenway network in St. Louis. (Read: not quite open to the public!) What I love is that they’re asking one piece of public land to do many things: rain garden, pavilion, playground, gathering space, and skate features. Instead of concentrating skaters into a separate skate park, the design integrates skating into the everyday life of the park. Cities have a tendency to concentrate everything. One big store instead of lots of little shops. One megachurch instead of neighborhood churches. One skate park instead of places to skate throughout the city. I love seeing a park designed around the idea that different people and different activities can simply exist alongside each other. Thanks to: Emma! For making this whole trip happen. Randy, the professional skateboarder who gave me an idea for the skate prison video! And to Brittany, a local advocate who showed up and gave a broader perspective on how to think about St. Louis. #stlouis #greenway #greatriversgreenway #skateboarding

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Preapproved plans aren’t the silver bullet for fixing the housing crisis. But instead of one silver bullet, we need lots of little solutions. And this is definitely one of them. Groups like the Incremental Development Alliance exist to empower developers at the smallest scale, helping them cut through red tape while encouraging cities and towns to make small-scale development easier in the future. #urbanism #housingcrisis #learnontiktok #history