Op-Ed Columns
Greensboro News and Record op-ed columns include:
2012
“State of the City, 2012: Some positive signs are emerging, but overall the recession remains a drag on Greensboro’s growth” (February 12th – 863 KB)
2011
“Green energy North Carolina’s ticket to job creation” (August 8th – 1.9 MB)
“Greensboro Economy in a Struggle, but Not All is Bad” (January 30th – 853 KB)
2010
“Greensboro As Goldilocks: Tasting an Economy That’s Neither Too Hot Nor Too Cold” (February 28th – 1.2 MB)
2009
“Ready for Takeoff? A Triad Aerotropolis Awaits… If We Have the Vision and Political Will to Make It Happen” (July 12th – 963 KB)
“Cuts Too Unkind: Greensboro Needs to Revive Regional Identity” (March 8th – 4.7 MB)
2008
“Road Trouble Ahead: N.C. Needs to Repair its Transportation Funding” (May 4th – 2.99 MB)
“The Geography of Logistics: Region Emerges as Transportation Powerhouse” (February 10th – 2.79 MB)
2007
“UNC Next: The UNC Tomorrow Initiative May Reshape North Carolina’s Future” (October 7th – 1.86MB)
“A Sunny Outlook for Greensboro” (September 30th – 1.56MB)
“A Gloomy Outlook” (May 13th – 1.14MB)
“Mega-Ville: I-85 Corridor is one of the Fastest-Growing Mega-Regions” (March 11th – 2.77MB)
“Can We All Just Get Along? Triad Has A Long History of Regional Dysfunction” (January 28th – 1.88MB)
2006
“Ready to Roll” (November 16th – 3.49MB)
“Power to Annex is Barometer of a City’s Economic Well-being” (October 08th – 1.63MB)
“Onboard with Commuter Rail” (September 17th – 2.08MB)
“Staying Alive: Multi-use Developments Create Renewed Sense of Place in City” (July 02nd – 2.54MB)
“City Center Needs Firm Guidelines For Growth” (May 06th – 1.24MB)
“Put Heads Together for Heart of Triad” (April 02nd – 1.22MB)
“Greensboro Partnership Gathering Momentum” (March 12th – 1.25MB)
“Eminent Domain: Finding the Balance” (January 22nd – 2.78MB)
2005
“City Land-Use Map Often Ignored” (December 11th – 1.58MB)
“Supplies and Demand: Triad Emerging as Major Link in Nation’s Supply Chain” (November 13th –1.59MB)
“Splitsville” (October 16th – 636KB)
“Linking Transportation and Economics in the Heart of the Triad” (September 18th – 733KB)
“Triad Finding Niche in Biotech” (July 17th – 1.57MB)
“Creative Differences: Emphasis on ‘Creative Class’ Puts Cart Before the Horse” (June 12th – 1.10MB)
“Think Fast” (May 8th – 503KB)
“Downtown Reborn” (March 27th – 1.21MB)
“What if we Shared Taxes Regionally?” (February 13th – 1.07MB)
“The Triad’s New Economic Trio” (January 9th – 2.06MB)
2004
“Billboards Revisited: Private Property Matters, but so does the Common Good” (November 14th – 517KB)
“All Aboard Light Rail?” (October 17th – 1.28MB)
“Middle Ground…Just Ahead? Billboard Proposal” (September 12th – 924KB)
“Flying High in Guilford”(August 15th)
“A Sense of Place” (July 18th – 1.13MB)
“Blueprint for Triad Growth: Think Clusters and University–Industry Partnerships” (May 23rd – 1MB)
“A Tale of Three Shopping Centers: Redemption and Rebirth in Suburbs of Greensboro” (April 11th – 1.17MB)
“Building a Regional Identity” (March 14th)
“The Battle on Battleground” (February 8th – 2.14MB)
“Urban Vision: Looking Ahead to the Triad-Triangle Merger” (January 11th – 1.02MB)
2003
“And Now For Some Good News” (November 16th – 4.59MB)
“Sports Play Key Role in Rejuvenating Downtowns” (September 20th – 502KB)
“No Sense in the Census”(July 13th)
“Downtown Greensboro: A BID For Survival” (June 22nd – 1.09MB)
“Connections 2025: Greensboro Making Plans, History” (May 4th – 3.79MB)
“The Logic of Logistics” (April 13th – 976KB)
“Urban Urgency: FedEx and a New Baseball Stadium Notwithstanding, Painter Boulevard Should be the Community Focus” (March 9th – 2.12MB)
“A Plan for Land: Triad Leaders, Community Respond to Sprawl Problem” (February 16th – 3.71MB)
2002
“UNCG’s Geography Program Focuses on Applied Research, Jobs” (November 10th)
“Public Trust Has Been Lost in Efforts to Revitalize Greensboro” (October 6th)
2001
“PART Could Play Role in Triad Growth” (December 2nd)
“Crisis? What Crisis?: A Community in Transition” (June 10th – 3.76MB)
2000
“New Urban Neighborhoods Need to be More Affordable” (February 13th)
“Reshaping Urban Regions”(co-authored with W. Horton) (January 23rd)
1999
“Smart Growth” (February 7th)
1998
“Focus on Positives of Airport Landing FedEx Air Cargo Hub” (October 4th) (also appeared in Winston-Salem Journal)
“Flying High” (February 15th)(also appeared in Winston-Salem Journal and High Point Enterprise)
1997
“BID for Survival” (June 22nd)(also appeared in Raleigh News and Observer, Winston-Salem Journal and High Point Enterprise)
1996
“Its Great Being a U.S. Citizen” (December 15th) (also appeared in Winston-Salem Journal)
“Triad Depends on its Wheels and Wings” (February 11th) (also appeared in Winston-Salem Journal)
1995
“The Triad Needs More Ties That Bind” (August 20th) (also appeared in Winston-Salem Journal)
“Is Guilford County Lost In a Suburban Frontier?” (February 12th)
1994
“Rough Ride Ahead For Triad Airport” (May 8th)
1993
“Courts Have Altered 'Public Use' Definition” (August 14th)
Raleigh News & Observer op-ed columns include:
2008
“Vital Stats for the Triangle” (October 6th)
Triad Business Journal op-ed columns include:
2006
“Triad Has Its Woes, But Don’t Presume Grass is Always Greener” (August 18th)
2000
“Can the Triad Handle Land-Use Planning” (August 18th)
“Suburban Sprawl in the Triad: Heaven or Hell” (June 23rd)
“Private Property Rights vs. Public Use and how FedEx Fits In” (April 28th)
“FedEx Hub and Spin City: Media Role is Critical” (March 4th)
1999
“Is this the Future of Triad Land Use and Transportation” (December 31st)
“Smart Growth: Cheap Slogan or Promised Land?” (October 29th)
“Incorporations may Balkanize Triad” (July 23rd)
“Two Studies Offer Insight into FedEx Debate” (June 18th)
“What Does Regional Thinking in Triad Mean?” (April 30th)
“Triad Needs to Understand Realities of Mass Transit” (February 19th)
1998
“For the Triad, it’s Land Use, Not Transit-Stupid” (December 11th)
“Other Regions in U.S. Work Together, Why Not Triad?” (November 20th)
“Retail Madness Linked to Rush-Hour Furor” (October 9th)