Blog
Welcome to our Blog page where we muse about our projects, experiences, learning, and life. The photos are usually taken with our mobile phones while we’re out and about working or when we just feel inspired. Julia provides the illustrations on the others. Click around, we hope you find a good read, some new insights, and a little inspiration.
Walking On The Edge
Anyone who has kids, or even has taken kids out on a walk, knows from experience that if there is a ledge, an edge, a walkable border, a curb,... Read More »
On MLK Day, I’m Golden.
I didn’t think about being brown, a minority, a brown woman, a brown Muslim woman and all the minorities that description contains, for a long time. I’m not sure... Read More »
My First Work of 2016: Mending
For a long time, I thought that I should be more serious when I write these blogs—that they should be work-specific, devoid of my personal musings and life. ... Read More »
The Up and Downsides of “Hygge” in Denmark
We arrived on a lovely but rainy evening, quickly rushing past the bicycles that rule the streets of Copenhagen. In Demark as a Marshall Memorial Fellow, my first... Read More »
The Cleveland Velodrome
The Cleveland Velodrome is a 166-meter, olympic-style banked wooden cycling track in Slavic Village. It was opened on August 30,2012 by Fast Track Cycling, a non-profit dedicated to running... Read More »
9 Tips for Writing a Great RFP
In the consulting world, it is inevitable that at some point, you will need to create and put a Request For Proposal (RFP) out to bid for a new... Read More »
How to Run a Computer Based Training Session: Three Indispensible Techniques
At Strategic Urban we tend to do a lot of work with large institutions: Cities, Non-Profits, Schools, etc. Typically, these institutions will need to move on from their old... Read More »
A Push and a Cry…Four Years Later
Four years ago today, I was starting my 40th week of pregnancy. On November 2nd exactly, I had a 3 year old at home and was wondering how and... Read More »
Interview with David O’Neil
Ohio City is so excited to welcome The 8th International Public Markets Conference to the neighborhood this month! In a preview of the event, staff from Ohio City’s own... Read More »