One of the chief conceits behind American Urban Planning, which it uses to legitimize itself: """ My perspective is: That’s not our charge as a city to evaluate whether people can live in multifamily developments. It’s whether the project before us fits the criteria that we’ve laid out.”""" [Mayor Carey] . . . nice, but you set the criteria, so? Typical doublespeak.
#WalkerMI #UrbanPlanning

Yikes, Walker's mayor is a NIMBY, and also just bad at basic math.
"""[Mayor] Gary Carey, multifamily housing development is reaching a tipping point in his city, threatening not just the quality of life of single-family homeowners but also the city’s coffers and ability to provide public services."""
#WalkerMI #UrbanPlanning #NIMBYism
https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-estate/walker-wrestles-with-housing-density-as-multi-single-family-interests-clash/

Walker, MI steps up to provide yet another example of how not to run a city 👎; and another indicator that counting on suburbs to accommodate necessary growth is a bad policy for a central city. #WalkerMI #GrandRapidsMI
https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-estate/walker-board-again-deadlocks-over-plan-for-townhomes-at-former-golf-course/

If you are a local government during a historic housing shortage, what do you do? You pause permitting of new housing. Because, I guess, you need time to figure out how to do the job you've always had. #WalkerMI #housingcrisis #zoning #localcontrol #EndLocalControl
https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-estate/walker-to-consider-a-moratorium-on-permits-for-high-density-residential-projects/

Walker's Planning Commission bringing deep thoughts to bear: “My big complaint … is that there’s too much stuff in too small a space. I think you’ve got a right to build this and all that. But I think it’s the magnitude of the whole thing.” 🙄 So, less housing, more parking; classic American Urban Planning. Give these guys honorary AICP certification! #WalkerMI
https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-estate/developer-to-scale-back-walker-townhomes-project-to-address-concerns/

🏠Housing🏠 development in Walker, MI tabled. """...design of the units leads him to question what type of residents...""" 🥱 Of course, also 🅿️Parking🅿️ and ☵Wetlands☵. 9 units per acre too dense for a major road (Lake Michigan Dr) w/mass transit?

P.S. Aren't all the 🚙SUVs🚙 on that road a greater threat to wetlands?
#WalkerMI
https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-estate/proposed-townhome-development-in-walker-tabled-over-site-plan-concerns/