It’s the last week of the year and I’ve got two polls, the best & worst thing to happen to St. Louis in 2011.
You are allowed to pick up to three answers in each poll. A few answers appear on both polls because some may see them differently. Of course you can write in an answer as well.
I don’t remember you doing this a year ago, so I wanted to throw out one Best of 2010 – the passage of Proposition A(?), more funding for Metro – a viable mass transit system is critical to achieving many good urban design goals, and Metro was on the verge of becoming irrelevent without the additional financial resources.
As for this year, I voted for / added an “other” under worsts. One of the biggest challenges St. Louis faces, at many levels, is that the status quo remains unchallenged. Inertia rules, and when combined with too many city wards and too many suburban cities, we seem to spend too much time arguing over small issues and fighting among ourselves, while spending too little time solving the bigger-picture challenges. We’re being held hostage by developers playing the TIF game and we’re not making a cohesive argument at the national level to attract new businesses, both large and small. If Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Detroit can figure out, or at least try, new ways to become relevent in the 21st Century, there’s no reason why we can’t, as well!
I don’t remember you doing this a year ago, so I wanted to throw out one Best of 2010 – the passage of Proposition A(?), more funding for Metro – a viable mass transit system is critical to achieving many good urban design goals, and Metro was on the verge of becoming irrelevent without the additional financial resources.
As for this year, I voted for / added an “other” under worsts. One of the biggest challenges St. Louis faces, at many levels, is that the status quo remains unchallenged. Inertia rules, and when combined with too many city wards and too many suburban cities, we seem to spend too much time arguing over small issues and fighting among ourselves, while spending too little time solving the bigger-picture challenges. We’re being held hostage by developers playing the TIF game and we’re not making a cohesive argument at the national level to attract new businesses, both large and small. If Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Detroit can figure out, or at least try, new ways to become relevent in the 21st Century, there’s no reason why we can’t, as well!
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It’s the last week of the year and I’ve got two polls, the best & worst thing to happen to St. Louis in 2011.
I don’t remember you doing this a year ago, so I wanted to throw out one Best of 2010 – the passage of Proposition A(?), more funding for Metro – a viable mass transit system is critical to achieving many good urban design goals, and Metro was on the verge of becoming irrelevent without the additional financial resources.
As for this year, I voted for / added an “other” under worsts. One of the biggest challenges St. Louis faces, at many levels, is that the status quo remains unchallenged. Inertia rules, and when combined with too many city wards and too many suburban cities, we seem to spend too much time arguing over small issues and fighting among ourselves, while spending too little time solving the bigger-picture challenges. We’re being held hostage by developers playing the TIF game and we’re not making a cohesive argument at the national level to attract new businesses, both large and small. If Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Detroit can figure out, or at least try, new ways to become relevent in the 21st Century, there’s no reason why we can’t, as well!
I don’t remember you doing this a year ago, so I wanted to throw out one Best of 2010 – the passage of Proposition A(?), more funding for Metro – a viable mass transit system is critical to achieving many good urban design goals, and Metro was on the verge of becoming irrelevent without the additional financial resources.
As for this year, I voted for / added an “other” under worsts. One of the biggest challenges St. Louis faces, at many levels, is that the status quo remains unchallenged. Inertia rules, and when combined with too many city wards and too many suburban cities, we seem to spend too much time arguing over small issues and fighting among ourselves, while spending too little time solving the bigger-picture challenges. We’re being held hostage by developers playing the TIF game and we’re not making a cohesive argument at the national level to attract new businesses, both large and small. If Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Detroit can figure out, or at least try, new ways to become relevent in the 21st Century, there’s no reason why we can’t, as well!