Alessandro Rigolon

@alerigolon.bsky.social

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Associate prof of urban planning. Research on green space equity, green gentrification, climate adaptation, and health equity. Love SLC, my family, and the great outdoors. Opinions (good or bad) are my own 🇮🇹🇺🇸 🌩️👀 rJgnW3igNgz7 .. more

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · Nov 18

My older daughter learned to ride a bike today. She was so happy. As she was riding, she said, “I feel free.” My heart is full.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1h

I wrote a piece about statewide zoning reform in Utah

Voices: Utah’s housing crisis will outgrow local control in 2026

“I hope 2026 is the year Utah finally acknowledges that housing affordability cannot be solved city by city,” writes Alessandro Rigolon in an op-ed. “If it is not, the consequences are not abstract.”

www.sltrib.com

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 11h

My graduate students read this piece, which frames the property owner as the ultimately decision maker when it comes to land

Article https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.5822/978-1-61091-455-0_7

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 11h

Utah’s Republican legislators seem to love “local control.” But you know what’s the most *local* control? The one by the property owner. Cities imposing excessively restrictive zoning regulations remove that control from homeowners

Utah lawmakers say no to ‘preemption,’ halt 2 housing bills aimed at allowing smaller homes • Utah News Dispatch

As they wrestle with Utah's housing crisis, lawmakers reject two bills aimed at widely allowing smaller homes. They favor a gentler approach.

utahnewsdispatch.com

Reposted by John R. Hutchinson, John Parker, Ian Campbell , and 10 more John R. Hutchinson, John Parker, Ian Campbell, Patrick S. Forscher, Aaron Sojourner, Scott A. Imberman, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Maria Abreu, Jen Schneider, Lisa Diedrich, Alessandro Rigolon, Larry W. Hunter, Lorna Hughes

Brian Coulter @philabcoulter.bsky.social · 13h

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 16h

This is such an incredible piece of NIMBY history. It should be in planning history classes. I have been showing this amazing sign to students since at least 2020.

Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 2d

The 7-year “Weston Whopper” saga grinds on.

A Superior Court judge has rejected the Weston ZBA’s appeal, upholding the State’s Housing Appeal Committee’s approval of a 180-unit Chapter 40B project on 10 acres. This was originally filed in 2019 with 275-units.

📍Weston, MA

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 16h

"Send our least popular guy out to lie with a straight face."

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 16h

And yes, I received hate emails from golfers in Salt Lake County after I gave an interview to the SL Trib for this article. I don't care, and I keep believing that public golf courses are a luxury that the Wasatch Front can't afford

With the Great Salt Lake in peril, are golf courses a luxury Utah can no longer afford?

With the Great Salt Lake's decline, it might be time to rethink these water-guzzling public spaces.

www.sltrib.com

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 16h

For the record, I would say the same thing for outdoor activities I participate in, like snowboarding.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 16h

Public golf courses are a major waste of space and taxpayer dollars in dense metro areas. They're exclusionary open spaces where just one type of activity occurs. Kudos to the City of Maple Ridge in Metro Vancouver

Kenneth Chan @iamkennethchan.bsky.social · 17h

A golf course next to the Fraser River in northeast Metro Vancouver will be transformed into a public park with sport and playing fields.

It is part of the City of Maple Ridge's strategy to build a new major aquatic & community centre. #vanpoli #vanre

dailyhive.com/vancouver/ma...

Metro Vancouver golf course to become a park as new aquatic centre advances | Urbanized

Maple Ridge Golf Course will be transformed into a public park with outdoor recreational uses, as part of a broader new aquatic centre plan.

dailyhive.com

Reposted by Alessandro Rigolon

Kenneth Chan @iamkennethchan.bsky.social · 17h

Metro Vancouver golf course to become a park as new aquatic centre advances | Urbanized

Maple Ridge Golf Course will be transformed into a public park with outdoor recreational uses, as part of a broader new aquatic centre plan.

dailyhive.com

Reposted by Tom Clark, Ben Barr, Glenn Lyons , and 11 more Tom Clark, Ben Barr, Glenn Lyons, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Juan Cole, David R. Miller, W. Andy Knight, Jacob T. Levy, Alessandro Rigolon, Christina Pagel, Colin Talbot, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Richard Mortimer, David Darmofal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Jan W. Mueller, Dorothy Bishop , and 32 more Lisa W. Fazio, Jan W. Mueller, Dorothy Bishop, Brendan Nyhan, Tom Clark, Robert W. Wallace, Steven French, Rosemary A. Joyce, American Library Association, Martin Paul Eve, Jacob Montgomery, Mickey Gjerris, Cathy N. Davidson, Ryan Enos, Elwys De Stefani, Robert C. Richards, Michelle L. Mazurek, Andrew Jacobs, Jacob T. Levy, Margot C. Finn, Scott A. Imberman, Christine Kooi, Michael H. Whitworth, Samantha Brennan, Ben Rosamond, Dana R. Fisher, Alessandro Rigolon, Jeremy J. Schmidt, Hisham Zerriffi, Peter Godfrey‐Smith, Daxton R. Stewart, Michael Evans, Virginia Sapiro, Richard Moorhead, David Darmofal

Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 21h

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

The morning after the storm

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

If it was legitimate self-defense, why aren’t the feds sharing evidence? Do they have anything to hide?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23h

Breaking:

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.

Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Richard B. Aronson, Gerald Friedman , and 2 more Steven Heydemann, Richard B. Aronson, Gerald Friedman, Alessandro Rigolon, Jonathan Marks

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23h

Breaking:

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Took them a while but they got there

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

The New York Times finally bought some vision glasses

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Trevon D. Logan, David Bartram , and 4 more Anna O. Law, Trevon D. Logan, David Bartram, Alessandro Rigolon, Sam Kamin, Kate Jackson, Timothy D. McBride

Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 1d

The New York Times states it plainly in display type:

Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.

www.nytimes.com

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

So many good housing policies have been derailed by misinformation spread by social media. Just look at Nextdoor and Facebook

NPR @npr.org · 2d

Misinformation spread quickly after the wildfires in Los Angeles last year. Some of these false narratives on social media impacted California policy. n.pr/4svdsNU

After the LA fires, false narratives on social media impacted state policy

Misinformation spread quickly after the wildfires in Los Angeles last year. Some of these false narratives on social media impacted California policy.

n.pr

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

For that one side, there’s a separate reality create by their information system. To them, it’s a reality. They believe in it

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Today reminded me that we live in two different realities. This is one of the biggest issues we face as a society

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely. And this is the NBC reporting I was referring to.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/minnesota-ice-shooting-live-updates-rcna252852

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Understood. Thanks for the explanation. Maybe "Live Updates: Minnesota Officials Dispute THE QUESTIONABLE Federal Account of Fatal ICE Shooting"? I mean, the Trump administration lies all the time. It's proven.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

This is called "Trying to distract the population from the terrible news of the day that put ICE and President Trump in a bad light."

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Yep

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

The NPR at least reports that the Minneapolis Police Chief (a law enforcement professional) questioned the tactics of the ICE agent. That seems like a step in the right direction

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, comparing the NYT with Fox News is not even fair. Fox News isn't journalism. The Times doesn't question the self-defense argument. They report what local and state leaders said. And they put the two accounts (feds vs state-local) on the same level. As if there wasn't visual evidence

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Utah mainstream local media covering the important stuff. Hard-hitting journalism... smh

KUTV2News @kutv2news.bsky.social · 1d

A video is going viral of an American flag burning in the streets of Minneapolis after a woman was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.

kutv.com/news/nation-...

American flag burned during Minneapolis protests after ICE shoots, kills woman

A video is going viral of an American flag being burned in the streets of Minneapolis following the murder of a woman by an ICE agent.

kutv.com

Reposted by Alessandro Rigolon

KUTV2News @kutv2news.bsky.social · 1d

A video is going viral of an American flag burning in the streets of Minneapolis after a woman was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.

kutv.com/news/nation-...

American flag burned during Minneapolis protests after ICE shoots, kills woman

A video is going viral of an American flag being burned in the streets of Minneapolis following the murder of a woman by an ICE agent.

kutv.com

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. Honest questions: What would it take for you to share that via professional channels? And are media channels that question the self-defense argument not being professional because we don't have enough info yet, or might they have sources you don't have access to yet?

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