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Fresh Air Design
Last weekend, I saw a 60 Minutes segment featuring MASS Design Group, a non-profit architecture firm with a focus on communities and wholistic design, who gained international notoriety for their…
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Why ESG Matters
A couple of years ago, I mentioned a measurement standard that was new at the time called ESG.This stands for Environmental, Social and Governance, and it considers impacts way beyond…
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Grassroots Education
Serving on the board of DesignAlabama for the last few years has been a great privilege. The organization is all about purposeful design, making wise choices and thus creating better…
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Our Towns
Switch on the tv, and you’ll hear an almost endless stream of negativity. “Our nation has never been more divided,” they say. I have never felt this way about most…
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Bucket List Events
For me, April means two things: The Masters and Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, both extraordinary events started by men with a passion for doing something worthwhile and best in…
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Preserving Our History With Story Corps
You can hold onto family heirlooms and look through old photo albums, but there might be something about hearing a family voice that really makes memories come alive. Last weekend,…
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Healthy, Wealthy and Wise?
This week, I attended the annual year-end dinner and board meeting of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank. The Surgeon General of the U.S., along with the president of the sixth…
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Socially Responsible Investments
To me, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) may have a first cousin in the younger generation managers coming online today. These are people who care about ethical framework and community involvement…
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The Right Way to Co-Op
Over the last few years, we’ve had a number of interns from the Auburn University Urban Studio, and have had success channeling their talent while they hopefully learn a few…
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Breaking Bread at Five Loaves
I recently attended an interesting dinner hosted by Five Loaves as a pop-up at a local bike and coffee shop near by, Woodlawn Cycle Cafe. The food was great and I enjoyed nice…