Jul 24, 2025. Where placemaking meets paradise. Most people come to Seaside, Florida, for the beach. I come for the sidewalks.

Jul 17, 2025. How civic buildings shape our cities. This week, I had the privilege of attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Edmond’s new City Hall—this time not as a councilmember, but as a citizen and former public servant.

Jul 10, 2025. Every 4th of July, our tradition begins the same way—on the rooftop of The Chapman House in downtown Edmond.

July 4, 2025. What happens when a suburb decides it wants something more—more connection, more walkability, more life in its downtown core?

Jun 26, 2025. As the final seconds ticked off the clock and the confetti fell after Game 7, my thoughts went somewhere unexpected: real estate.

Jun 20, 2025.Helping renters is a noble goal—especially in high-cost markets like New York City. But good intentions don’t always lead to good outcomes and sometimes lead to unintended consequences.

June 12, 2025. A quiet epidemic is growing in our communities — not of crime or poverty, but of loneliness. It crosses age, income, and geography. And while we often treat loneliness as a mental health issue, it’s also, perhaps surprisingly, a land use issue. 

Jun 5, 2025. Bloomsbury is a walkable, intellectual rich destination in London. For the past eleven years, I’ve led groups of University of Central Oklahoma students on a research and study tour of London.

May 29, 2025. The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t just reshape how we work and live—it fundamentally altered the relationship between landlords and tenants.

May 22, 2025. UCO London Study Tour 2025. I am writing this from the Grand Rotunda in the British Museum. The 2025 UCO London Study Tour is in full swing.

May 15, 2025. I’m writing this week’s column from a transatlantic flight aboard a Boeing 777 bound for London.

May 8, 2025. Rent-versus-buy debate followed a fairly simple formula.

May 1, 2025. For generations, the “starter home” was a rite of passage—an attainable first step into homeownership, often modest in size and price but full of promise.

Apr 24, 2025.They say, “Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” But what if living in a glass house is exactly what everyone wants?

Apr 17, 2025. President Trump’s latest round of tariffs landed last week with a familiar thud — not in Beijing or Brussels, but right here at home.

April 10, 2025. Several winters ago, my wife and I became what the industry affectionately calls “mall walkers.”

Apr 3, 2025. It was officially announced this week that Oklahoma City will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions for the LA 2028 Olympic Games.

Mar 27, 2025. Water is essential to life, public health, and economic development—yet it's one of the most taken-for-granted resources in modern society.

Mar 20, 2025. Housing affordability has become one of the most pressing issues in communities across the country.

Mar 13, 2025. I just returned from Will Rogers International Airport after dropping off three colleagues—one from Norway, one from England, and one from Northern Ireland.