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Market Squared by Adam A. Donaldson

A parking plan for downtown needs to start with one goal

A parking plan for downtown needs to start with one goal

This week's Market Squared tackles the desperately different directions when it comes to managing parking in the core
Hey history nerds: Get your s#!* together!

Hey history nerds: Get your s#!* together!

This week's Market Squared is a message to heritage advocates that If you want to save local heritage, there's no time to lose
On housing, the anger is out there

On housing, the anger is out there

This week's Market Squared suggests that if you don't think the community is angry about the housing situation, you might be looking in the wrong places
We came. We saw. We pledged. Now what?

We came. We saw. We pledged. Now what?

This week's Market Squared assures you that if you think that council's housing pledge this week was a work of performance art, it is.
Is a bad week of driving stories a sign?

Is a bad week of driving stories a sign?

This week's Market Squared looks at how a week of different news segments tells the same story about our four-wheeled Achilles' Heel of modern life
The 'do we look stupid' challenge at planning meetings

The 'do we look stupid' challenge at planning meetings

This week's Market Squared will consider the games we all play in this dangerous new era of planning.
Some concerning trends emerging with operations campus

Some concerning trends emerging with operations campus

This week's Market Squared will look at the worrying signs that the city's new infrastructure project is walking a disappointingly familiar path
The State of the City is also the State of Criticism

The State of the City is also the State of Criticism

This week's Market Squared looks at one mayor's speech, and another mayor's death, to see the whole picture of modern municipal pressures
Budget 2023: 9 hours in 900 words

Budget 2023: 9 hours in 900 words

The budget is over, except for Market Squared's last words about the 2023 budget in this week's column!
The property tax squeeze is not what you think it is

The property tax squeeze is not what you think it is

This week's Market Squared talks about why your property tax bill tells an entirely different story than we usually talk about.