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Here’s A Big Idea For Long Island: Stop Thinking Small

by Richard Murdocco | Dec 22, 2015 | Economic Development | 0

The following was written for the Long Island Press on December 21, 2015. You can read the original here. There has been an awakening in Long Island’s developmental zeitgeist. Have you felt it? Suddenly it seems that regional...

‘Cool Downtowns’ Won’t Cut It If Long Island’s Millennials Can’t Afford to Live, Work and Play Here

by Richard Murdocco | Oct 16, 2015 | Economic Development, Housing | 0

The following was written for the Long Island Press. You can read the original here. All too often when the subject is Long Island’s millennial population, the topic is only addressed rhetorically at best: “What do Millennials...

Long Island Suburbs: How Planners Should Treat Age Spots

by Richard Murdocco | Nov 13, 2014 | Economic Development, Housing | 0

The following was published on New Geography on 11/11/2014. You can find the piece here. The piece was adapted from my recent LIBN piece “Elephants in the Room”. Long Island is the birthplace of suburbia, from...