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What do donkeys and luxury hotel meltdowns have in common?
When neighborhoods, or cities, or places, or ecosystems start to get better, do they no longer need support?
Jun 6
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Ross Baird
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May 2025
Potlucks, Everything Bagels, and Trying to Solve Everything All at Once
Everyone’s Hungry, and What Happens When Organizers Won't Let Us Bring Lasagna
May 14
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Ross Baird
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Potlucks, Everything Bagels, and Trying to Solve Everything All at Once
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March 2025
A Major Housing Policy Success—Now Backed by Data
Opportunity Zones are the single biggest contributor to new housing.
Mar 13
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Ross Baird
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A Major Housing Policy Success—Now Backed by Data
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Transferable Mortgages: Free the Rates! Unlock the American Dream!
In this week’s email: an idea I have been researching, thinking about, and talking about: and one whose time has come.
Mar 3
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Ross Baird
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Transferable Mortgages: Free the Rates! Unlock the American Dream!
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February 2025
Denver built more than anyone else two years ago, and it's becoming (slightly) more affordable
Unfortunately, this is the exception. When affordable housing costs $600K per unit--for a worse product--but we can't build market housing for $200K per…
Feb 11
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Ross Baird
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Denver built more than anyone else two years ago, and it's becoming (slightly) more affordable
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January 2025
Opportunity Zones: A Way Forward
Looking ahead to 2025 in this political environment
Jan 17
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Ross Baird
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Opportunity Zones: A Way Forward
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The Curious Case of “Filtering”….or How to Change Your Mind
As we head into 2025, we will see major changes in the macro-political environment. Keep in mind your assumptions may not always be true.
Jan 6
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Ross Baird
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The Curious Case of “Filtering”….or How to Change Your Mind
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November 2024
Why aren't endowments taxed?
The curious case of John and Jane Smith
Nov 26, 2024
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Ross Baird
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The Problem with Talking about Housing: Misleading Narratives and Real Solutions
I saw this comment online this week:
Nov 22, 2024
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Ross Baird
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The Problem with Talking about Housing: Misleading Narratives and Real Solutions
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October 2024
Solutions on the ground: bridging the housing divide
What we've seen that can promote affordable and attainable housing.
Oct 7, 2024
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Ross Baird
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September 2024
Housing and the 2024 Election
From "Build, Baby, Build" to "All of the Above"
Sep 24, 2024
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Whiskey Business: How Monopolies Mess With The Craft Beverage Boom
My hometown distiller Catoctin Creek's spirited support, and "rye"-valry with big distributors
Sep 13, 2024
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