Thursday, January 23, 2014

EXACTLY! "Saying no for the sake of yes"

Subject: Strong Towns Update for 01/22/2014
Reply-To: Strong Towns <marohn@strongtowns.org>

Saying no for the sake of yes.

Jan 22, 2014 05:00 am | Gracen Johnson


You have to be willing to say no to the bad if you want your city to be built with the good, especially with the development incentives rigged as they are today. Sometimes this can create pro and anti-development factions in your city. A tool to diffuse that animosity is to remember that every time you say no to a proposal, you could be saying yes to something better.
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