Larisa Ortiz
@larisaortiz.bsky.social
Urban Retail & Downtown Specialist | Educator, Writer & Speaker | Passionate about creating vibrant, resilient places where businesses not only survive but thrive.
Did you know 60% of all spending is now digitally influenced?
If we don’t help our small businesses adapt, they won’t survive. In @CityLimits, I explore the role that cities can play.
📝 citylimits.org/opinion-stre...
#smallbiz #urbanretail #digitalshift #mompops #economicdevelopment
If we don’t help our small businesses adapt, they won’t survive. In @CityLimits, I explore the role that cities can play.
📝 citylimits.org/opinion-stre...
#smallbiz #urbanretail #digitalshift #mompops #economicdevelopment
Opinion: Street-Smart Strategies for NYC's Small Business Future - City Limits
"We must confront a basic but often overlooked truth: supporting small businesses means investing in the commercial districts they rely on."
citylimits.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Did you know 60% of all spending is now digitally influenced?
If we don’t help our small businesses adapt, they won’t survive. In @CityLimits, I explore the role that cities can play.
📝 citylimits.org/opinion-stre...
#smallbiz #urbanretail #digitalshift #mompops #economicdevelopment
If we don’t help our small businesses adapt, they won’t survive. In @CityLimits, I explore the role that cities can play.
📝 citylimits.org/opinion-stre...
#smallbiz #urbanretail #digitalshift #mompops #economicdevelopment
Yes! It’s Time to Reimagine Our Central Business Districts. Read my latest in CBRE's "Our Take" Newsletter shorturl.at/ebr7y
What's happening to downtowns isn’t a blip—it’s a transportation revolution in disguise, one that is quietly reshaping cities as profoundly as cars and elevators once did.
What's happening to downtowns isn’t a blip—it’s a transportation revolution in disguise, one that is quietly reshaping cities as profoundly as cars and elevators once did.
May 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Yes! It’s Time to Reimagine Our Central Business Districts. Read my latest in CBRE's "Our Take" Newsletter shorturl.at/ebr7y
What's happening to downtowns isn’t a blip—it’s a transportation revolution in disguise, one that is quietly reshaping cities as profoundly as cars and elevators once did.
What's happening to downtowns isn’t a blip—it’s a transportation revolution in disguise, one that is quietly reshaping cities as profoundly as cars and elevators once did.
🛍️ New piece in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social written with Sulin Carlin: The Retail Reckoning: shorturl.at/ePO8t
While national retail is recovering, city ground floors tell a different story. Here we explore what city leaders can do about it.
#urbanretail #VitalCity #downtowns #policy
While national retail is recovering, city ground floors tell a different story. Here we explore what city leaders can do about it.
#urbanretail #VitalCity #downtowns #policy
Vital City | The Retail Reckoning
Why New York has too much ground floor commercial space — and what to do with it
www.vitalcitynyc.org
May 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🛍️ New piece in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social written with Sulin Carlin: The Retail Reckoning: shorturl.at/ePO8t
While national retail is recovering, city ground floors tell a different story. Here we explore what city leaders can do about it.
#urbanretail #VitalCity #downtowns #policy
While national retail is recovering, city ground floors tell a different story. Here we explore what city leaders can do about it.
#urbanretail #VitalCity #downtowns #policy
Reposted by Larisa Ortiz
Today in unsurprising but important news:
Building bike lanes increases bikeshare usage
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
Building bike lanes increases bikeshare usage
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
February 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Today in unsurprising but important news:
Building bike lanes increases bikeshare usage
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
Building bike lanes increases bikeshare usage
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...