Spotlight – Parking Reform Network

A Message From CityNerd: Making a Difference with PRN

Ray Delahanty — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:48:58 +0000

Fellow City Enthusiast, Around this time last year, it occurred to me that my YouTube channel, CityNerd, was gaining enough of a following that it could really start to help make a difference in the city and transportation issues I care about (Particularly near the end of the year, when people are often thinking about making charitable donations!). But I wondered, since urbanism is such a…

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Meet Beaverton, Oregon’s City Councilor, Kevin Teater

Etienne Lefebvre — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:49:03 +0000

I’m a city councilor in Beaverton, Oregon, a growing mid-sized city right next to Portland. I moved to Beaverton five years ago to lead our Main Street program, which does a lot of urban design, economic development, and district promotions. I’ve since left that role and run my own business, Streetview Planning, working primarily with rural Main Street districts on their revitalization and…

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Meet PRN Board Member Eric Arellano

Elwyn Hofmann and Etienne Lefebvre — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:22:16 +0000

Hi! I’m a volunteer, board member, and donor to PRN, along with a software engineer at IBM Quantum and an animal rights activist. After living in Mexico City for 1.5 years, I returned to Arizona to be a founding member of Culdesac, the car free community. At age 13, my youth pastor challenged us to not wait to be adults to change the world. Inspired, my friends and I started raising money for…

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Meet PRN Board Member Evan Manvel

Elwyn Hofmann — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:00:22 +0000

I grew up in Colorado, and my parents instilled civic engagement in me at an early age. I found myself particularly drawn to addressing climate disruption, which I find is the defining challenge of our generation. To address that challenge, I got a master’s degree in public policy and urban planning and spent many years as an advocate for transportation choices and thoughtful land use planning for…

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Meet Paula Acero, our first full-time staff member

Elwyn Hofmann — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 20:34:52 +0000

Hello, PRN community! I’m honored to be the new organizer for such a great nonprofit. I was born in Mexico City, and I’ve lived there my whole life. Since I was little, I have been interested in helping others. As I grew up, I discovered my passion was to be an activist for social movements; I started volunteering for different organizations involving gender equity, climate change…

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