Happy New Year: Welcome Brian!

January 20th, 2012  |  Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I hope the new year finds you busy! I know we are here at Lott3Metz! (more…)

FSFM: Self-fulfilling Prophecy

November 14th, 2011  | Tags: , ,
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Audrey and I made our weekly trip to the Fulton Street Farmers Market this past Saturday morning. As we were having our ongoing dialog about what we needed to get and what we would be having for dinner over the next few days, Audrey asked if we could have Pesto for our Sunday dinner. (more…)

FSFM: Pomp & Circumstance

November 10th, 2011  | Tags: , , ,
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Last Wednesday morning there was a little party to celebrate the start of construction for the Fulton Street Farmers Market. (more…)

I Love Minneapolis

September 6th, 2011  | Tags: ,
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Inevitably, in the well worn “…Grand Rapids needs to be more like Chicago” discussion – sometime between my first weary sigh and my ultimate request for the check – I’m asked to suggest a better aspirational metropolis. My answer is always the same: Minneapolis. (more…)

Book Review: Urban Edits

August 5th, 2011  |  Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Earlier this week Tyler Nickerson rolled out a nice review of our recently released Urban Edits. (more…)

Happy Birthday Lott3Metz!

August 1st, 2011  |  Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

Wow! Lott3Metz turns ten years old today. I must say I’m a little misty. (more…)

MDOT’s Five Lanes of Division

July 20th, 2011  | Tags: , ,
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I’ve been thinking back and looking ahead in recent weeks; inspired by my new friends at Bike Friendly Grand Rapids – Josh Leffingwell and Tyler Doornbos – and their earnest, but frustrating, efforts at positively affecting the recent and ongoing Revision Division ‘road diet’ in downtown Grand Rapids. (more…)

A winning formula – erased

June 14th, 2011  |  Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

A winning formula – erased. I realize that the Michigan legislation is trying to do their best to make our state better, but…they always forgot about the “little guy” (more…)

LEED as Gold Standard?

June 13th, 2011  |  Posted in General, Green Building | No Comments »

LEED as Gold Standard Well written article on LEED, the good and the bad. (more…)

Keep LEED out of legislation

June 6th, 2011  |  Posted in General, Green Building, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Read this article - Boston Society of Architects This is an issue that we have had concerns about for some time and the BSA hit it on the head.  A private for profit institution, such as the GBCI, should not be used as a government regulator.  The public has no say or control over their actions and with legislation tied into it, ugly things will happen.

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