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Articles

The Liability of Unspent Developer Impact Fees in San Diego
Tax and Spend Requires Both
America’s Unaffordable City Explained
Housing Price Influences in San Diego
Russia Wants a California State Park as Reparations
After 161 years Sonoma’s Fort Ross becomes the vanguard again
The Familiar 1903 Russian Playbook
Annexation, invasion, and cultural outcomes
The Magic You Need to Navigate the American Healthcare Landscape
Employer-sponsored health insurance is not easy street
Faroe Islands Whaling & How Sea Shepherd Got It Wrong
Sustainability can be complex

Visiting the Makah Tribe
Three Words Writing Challenge
The Viking Cathedral
Three Words Writing Challenge
We Are All in the Donner Party
California snowfall is a mixed blessing
I-Street Bridge
Spanning the past and present
Coit Tower Past and Present
Three Words Writing Challenge
Spenger’s Fish Grotto
Three Words Writing Challenge
Time Travel in Marin
Stepping outside the pandemic bubble
Crossing Paths in Oslo
It’s all about the locals
Lost in Finland
I forgot the charts… twice.

What Do Fire Hydrants Really Do?
A Perspective on Fighting Urban Wildfire
Night of the Living Document
If it’s not fed regularly, it’s a Zombie
How to Make Crispy Hash Browns
Heat-seeking chef targets potato perfection
IoT Networks Do Not Help Rural America
Helium is building The (rich) People’s Network
Finding Data Sauces
SQL Statements or SQL Skewers?
When the URL Must Be Maintained
How to Proxy Forward for Specific Query Parameters
The UI Destruction of IMDb
A Wayback Machine tour of what was and will never be again
Building a Reverse Proxy on AWS
Solving two end points for a single domain

Newsletters

This series of articles published in The Selby Team Magazine is based on the 10 principles of Smart Growth looking at what Smart Growth is, how it is currently a part of Normal Heights, and how it is a vision for the future for this special community.

What Can Smart Growth Do for Normal Heights?

1. Mix land uses

2. Take advantage of compact design

3. Create a range of housing opportunities and choices

4. Create walkable neighborhoods

5. Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place

6. Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and critical environmental areas

7. Direct development towards existing communities

8. Provide a variety of transportation choices

9. Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost-effective

10. Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions (coming soon)