Robert Sulaski

Robert Sulaski was an intern with Strong Towns and the geoanalytics firm, Urban3, for the summer of 2019. Rob is pursuing an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in Media and Journalism, concentrating in Interactive Multimedia, with a minor in City Planning and Urban Studies. Growing up in the Asheville area has given him a love for the outdoors, southern hospitality and good beer.

Rob is a storyteller at heart with a passion for exciting, walkable communities. With previous digital communications experience, he is excited to use these skills in the context of planning. Prior to joining Strong Towns and Urban3, he studied in Pamplona, Spain where he found an even deeper appreciation for urbanism and also produced a study abroad/travel podcast, sharpening his storytelling skills. He will be writing about Urban3’s work throughout summer 2019 before returning to UNC for his senior year.

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Do Multi-Million Dollar Mansions Really Benefit Cities?
Do Multi-Million Dollar Mansions Really Benefit Cities?

South Florida is known for its luxurious lifestyle and extravagant beachfront homes. These mansions must reel in big bucks for the city, right? Let’s see how productive they really are when we #DoTheMath.

What Can Assembling a Pizza Teach Us About Strong Communities?
What Can Assembling a Pizza Teach Us About Strong Communities?

Would you rather have a pizza, or the ingredients of a pizza arranged in separate piles? This analogy has something to teach us about the consequences of how we organize our cities.

Overpaving Roads and Overeating Ice Cream
Overpaving Roads and Overeating Ice Cream

How much road does your city have—and how much does it actually have the money to maintain? We compare “calories in” to “calories out” before we binge on ice cream; what if we took the same approach to our infrastructure budgets? One city did, and here’s what they found out.

Lessons in Traditional Development from Small Town Tennessee
Lessons in Traditional Development from Small Town Tennessee

Two small Tennessee towns reveal the mighty power of a traditional downtown square—even one that isn’t designed to achieve its full potential. It’s simply the most foolproof and financially productive style of development there is.

Can This Texas Suburb Create a Downtown of Its Own?
Can This Texas Suburb Create a Downtown of Its Own?

Leander, Texas, a suburb of Austin, is a quiet bedroom community that recently found itself with a commuter rail station. Can it afford to waste the opportunity to create the transit-oriented downtown it never had?

How I Learned That an Urban Lifestyle Does Not Imply Living in a Huge City
How I Learned That an Urban Lifestyle Does Not Imply Living in a Huge City

During a semester in Spain, I realized that an urban, walkable place need not imply high rise buildings, crazy traffic and overcrowded streets. Traditional development offers the convenience and productivity of urban living at a small-town pace.

Sacrifice a Historic Downtown Neighborhood for a Hospital? There's a Better Option.
Sacrifice a Historic Downtown Neighborhood for a Hospital? There's a Better Option.

When we do the math, we find that preserving historic buildings and districts is the best thing we can do for our cities’ economic futures. Utica, New York should consider this when choosing where to locate a new hospital campus.

What If You Built Hundreds of Miles of Roads and Nobody Came?
What If You Built Hundreds of Miles of Roads and Nobody Came?

America has an excessive infrastructure problem—and perhaps nowhere is that more clear than in places like the massive, center-less city of Palm Bay, Florida.

The "Lake Effect" Shows the Importance of Public Places
The "Lake Effect" Shows the Importance of Public Places

When property near water holds a higher value than landlocked properties, we call it the “lake effect.” How can this be used to build a stronger, healthier community?

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