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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Don't worry. They'll put up a cool 7 story mixed use building with a Five Guys and second CVS on the ground floor. A neighborhood can never have too many. CVS carries a good supply of convenience foods.

Yes this type of development is everywhere now. Cheap construction, everything looks the same. Has been going on in Moco for years. Soon downtown Bethesda will be indistinguishable from Rockville town center, Gaithersburg Rio center and Germantown and Hyattsville "Arts" district (PG) - there will be a CVS, Five guys, Chipotle, Uncle julios, tara thai, ben & jerry's and buffalo wild wings on every corner. You "urban planners" out there are doing a terrible job IMO (not worth much), sorry! All these investment groups that own the properties only care about one thing $$$$$ and unfortunately only big chains have deep enough pockets to cover a lease.

Urban planner work 20-50 years out and do get into designing buildings etc. Urban planner work on developing the over all plan and hand it off to architects, design boards, etc.

Right, but urban planners have no ability to assess needs 50years out and they aren't developers. They take no risk and they have no business designing buildings.

Buy a building, take some risk and lease it out to a tenant with no credit then tell me how that works out when they don't pay the bills.

If city government was the least bit interested (which they aren't), in neighborhood aesthetic, they would backstop leases for smaller, no credit tenants and try to build small business.

As long as the city isn't interested in it, there is no reason to blame the developers. [/quote]
You really do not understand what urban planners do. They do have the ability to plan 50 to 100 years out. Look at Seattle, they have protected their watershed for over a 100 years, incorporated bikes as urban transportation starting around 1910( bikes paths are not an after thought), tons of parks, have a 100 year plan for development and protection of both urban and rural places with plans for the protection of working forest.Urban planners do not design builds. Your beef is with archeticts and developers.

Here is an example of what urban planners do.
[quote]The Cascade Agenda is a 100 year action plan for the lands and communities of our region.  It is based on the input of thousands of residents across our region and offers pragmatic solutions to the challenges and opportunities created by our tremendous population growth. The Cascade Agenda’s collective vision is grounded in the belief that a broad coalition can achieve fundamental change.  It is a balanced approach to conservation and community building that encourages collaboration across all sectors and considers environmental, social, and economic needs.

The Cascade Agenda brings together business, civic and government leaders to accomplish two big goals:

1. Our Lands:  Protect 1 million acres of working forests (93% of existing timberland) and farms (85% of current agricultural lands) and 265,000 acres of shorelines, natural areas and parks.
2. Our Communities:  Maintain our rural economies and way of life and enhance the vibrancy and livability of our cities and towns.

A Critical Moment in History

The Cascade Agenda is a recognition that the Puget Sound region is at a critical moment in history.  Locally, we expect our population to double in the next century, growing to more than 8 million people, about the size of New York City today.  Globally, we know that climate change threatens our natural environment, economy and standard of living.

In May 2005, Forterra created The Cascade Agenda as a call to action and an opportunity to envision the communities, natural environment and economy that will sustain us, our children and our grandchildren for the next 100 years....

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http://www.forterra.org/who_we_are/cascade_agenda
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