Aaron Lubeck doesn’t just have opinions, he’s willing to share them. Honestly. He’s also a guy with a very unusual career path for urban design and planning coaching. Part developer, part historic preservationist, part designer, and now part journalist, Aaron and I cover a lot of ground. How do we find and create more small developers in our community, and actually help them succeed? How can we especially recruit younger people, women and minorities into the field?

Aaron has been involved with Incremental Development Alliance from nearly. the beginning, doing trainings and helping recruit. He’s also active with the National Town Builders Association. Because all that isn’t enough, he’s helped to launch a new magazine - yes, an actual magazine, called Southern Urbanism Quarterly.

Other Links:

Aaron’s LinkedIn page

Allison Ramsey Architects website - house plans

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Music notes: all songs by low standards, ca. 2010. Videos here. If you’d like a CD for low standards, message me and you can have one for only $5.

Intro: “Why Be Friends”

Outro: “Fairweather Friend”