Comments on: Sedona’s Wesselhoff appointed to Tourism Advisory Council

By: The City That Never Was

The City That Never Was — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 23:01:17 +0000

One of the most troubling consequences of the 2008 global financial collapse was the midstream abandonment of several large-scale speculative urban and suburban projects. The resulting scars on the landscape, large subdivisions with only marked-out plots and half-finished roads, are the subject of The City That Never Was, an eye-opening look at what happens when development, particularly what the author calls “speculative urbanization” is out of sync with financial reality. Presenting historical and recent examples from around the world—from the sprawl of the US Sun Belt and the unoccupied towns of western China, to the “ghost estates” of Ireland—and focusing on case studies in Spain, Marcinkoski proposes an ecologically based model in place of the capricious economic and political factors that typically drive development today.

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By: JessLookin

JessLookin — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 21:28:15 +0000

I fear with Ms Wesselhoff on the tourism council we soon won’t be paying taxes to the State of Arizona but to the Arizona Chamber of Commerce. They will of course be much higher taxes.

By: Bev

Bev — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:29:09 +0000

Better to have someone local than not.

By: Nirup

Nirup — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:40:54 +0000

Congratulations Jennifer, on your position as part of the Tourism Advisory Board, With you knowledge, wonderful ideas, and energy that you will bring to the Board, you will certainly be an asset.