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November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM

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Quick Wins – Cherokee Ave Bike Lane Gaps

Closing the gaps on a vital neighborhood connector would go a long way towards having a connected City. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Subscribe to receive email notifications for new articles. ✓ …

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November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM

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The Urban Connector Newsletter – November 2025

Happy November! Holiday season is upon us. The Urban Connector monthly newsletter looks back on the best of the previous month as well as ways to get involved in the coming month. Please make sure …

Georgia Tech | The Multimodal Capital of the South | 4k Tour of GT's new bike infrastructure

November 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM

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October 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM

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Urban Connector City Series: Providence First Impressions

When I first heard that CNU 33 was being held in Providence, I was a bit surprised. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Subscribe to receive email notifications for new articles. ✓ Subscribed Having sp…

Centennial Yards October 2025 Construction Progress | 4k Drone Tour of the Atlanta Mega Development

October 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM

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🎥 The rapid transformation of Downtown Atlanta continues!

Centennial Yards October 2025 Progress. Full video on YouTube.

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Raleigh, NC USA Drone Tour | 4K UHD 2025 Drone Tour of the City of Oaks with LofFi Music

October 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM

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🎥 Raleigh 2025 drone tour. Full video on YouTube

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InPhil Designs – Union Park: Downtown Raleigh

October 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM

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🎥 The SE trail is (finally) coming into form!

Lots of concrete pouring the last few weeks. Hoping it’s open by the end of the year.

September 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM

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✍🏾 A huge opportunity to increase the sense of place in the center of booming Downtown Raleigh may be hiding in plain sight.

An idea to connect Downtown Raleigh and truly develop a multimodal hub.

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Creating a sense of place in the center of booming Downtown Raleigh may be hiding in plain sight Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Subscribe to receive email notifications for new articles. ✓ Subscri…

Atlanta BeltLine NW Trail Progress - September Drone Tour

September 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM

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🎥 A new section of Atlanta BeltLine through Blandtown is nearing completion!

Head to YouTube for the full video

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The Urban Connector Newsletter – September 2025

September 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM

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📰 The September Urban Connector Newsletter is here!

In this issue:

✍🏾 Content Recap
🤔 Urban Thoughts
🌆 Photos of the Month
🏗️ Exciting Development Updates
🗓️ Public Meeting calendar

& More!

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Fall is nearly upon us (or fully upon us if you follow meteorological seasons)! The Urban Connector monthly newsletter looks back on the best of the previous month as well as ways to get involved i…

The Urban Connector Newsletter – August 2025

September 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM

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🎥Another full skyline drone tour?! Of course!

Head to YouTube for the full length tour.

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August 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM

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🎥 Atlanta BeltLine Southside Trail Progress

Officials maintain it’ll be ready for the World Cup. We’ll see 👀👀👀

Full video on my YouTube channel!

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August 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM

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📰 The August Urban Connector Newsletter is here!

This month’s issue:
✍🏾 July content recap
🤔 Urban Thoughts
📷 Photos of the month
🏗️ Development news
🗓️ Calendar of events
👀 Content preview

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August is here, school is back, and the weather somehow thinks it’s November! The Urban Connector monthly newsletter looks back on the best of the previous month as well as ways to get involv…

Suburban Spotlight – Alpharetta

August 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM

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🎥🏗️ Centennial Yards continues to reshape Downtown Atlanta

Tour the latest progress!

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July 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM

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✍🏾 Suburban Spotlight - Alpharetta

Thoughts about the growth and development of the swanky North Fulton suburb that serves as one of the poster child’s of suburban sprawl repair.

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The swanky City in Northern Fulton County has seen it’s share of growth in the past 30 years. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Subscribe to receive email notifications for new articles. ✓ Subs…

InPhil Designs – ChoseLine

July 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM

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🎥🚲Ride along the newest segment of Atlanta BeltLine WestSide Trail!

Something tells me a decade from now, we’ll look back at this video and not even recognize the corridor.

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July 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM

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✍🏾 InPhil Designs: ChoseLine

An idea to transform a severely underutilized portion of BeltLine frontage into a thriving community.

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Filling in a key piece of underutilized BeltLine adjacent property is not only essential to making rail on the BeltLine successful but is also crucial in providing much needed housing and services …

The Urban Connector Newsletter – July 2025

July 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM

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🗞️The July Urban Connector Newsletter is here!

✍🏾Catch up on last month’s content
🤔Urban thoughts
📸 Photos of the month
🏗️ Exciting development news
🗓️ Calendar of events
👀 Preview of what I’m working on

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2025 is somehow halfway over! It’s felt like 10 years at times but we’re still pushing. The Urban Connector monthly newsletter looks back on the best of the previous month as well as wa…

Northern Arc BRT Station Area Planning – Old Raleigh Village and Glenlake

July 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM

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✍🏾 It’s been a WHILE but I’m finally back with another part of my Raleigh Northern Arc BRT station area planning series!

Check out my sketches for the Old Raleigh Village and Glenlake stations

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Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Subscribe to receive email notifications for new articles. ✓ Subscribed This is part five of a series that will explore the possibilities of TOD (Transit Oriented De…

The Urban Connector Newsletter – June 2025

June 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM

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📰The June UrbanConnector Newsletter is here!

In this issue:
🎥 Recent Content
🤔 Urban Thoughts
🏗️ Development News
📸 Photos of the Month
🗓️ Upcoming Events

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Summertime has arrived! The Urban Connector monthly newsletter looks back on the best of the previous month as well as ways to get involved in the coming month. Please make sure you sign up below t…

Centennial Yards May 2025 Progress | 4K Drone Visual of Downtown Atlanta's Mega Transformation

June 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM

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🎥🏗️🌆 Centennial Yards is really making its mark on Downtown Atlanta’s transformation!

Here’s my latest drone’s eye view of the mega development’s progress.

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