Founder @planproformus // creator @indyimby //urban planner & place builder 🏗️// writin’ about cities // Midwest 🇺🇸
Indianapolis
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It’s time to rethink what farms can be.
Farms can be neighborhood focused. They can be hyperlocal. They can fit on your block.
It's time to reconnect people with food. And we're providing the playbook for free @planproformus and @Area2Farms
teaser of @planproformus Indianapolis zoning audit coming soon — there’s a few simple fixes in our zoning code that would allow thousands of new homes. Reform D-5!
AI slop and a totally unserious proposal ibj.com/articles/developer-p…
We need to rethink road design. You should not be able to flip your car on a three lane road. The speed limit here is 30!
Saunders’ idea to bring back streetcar suburbs resonates with my idea on a new urban vision: neighborhoods that can act as Village Centers to compete with prime suburbia. But I take it one step further — it’s not just enough for the built form to attract folks, you need schools/amenities.
Pete Saunders: The New Urban Vision We Need - A development form from our past may be the best example of what should happen next in America’s metropolitan areas. petesaunders.substack.com/p/…
deviating from my normal urbanist content to say the @Colts need to fire chris ballard yesterday
The inaugural Downtown Fall Fest by @IndyDT @bigcar and @INCulturalTrail is a banger. Great activation of downtown’s front yard
Our scenario explorer is now active with from our Indy Metro Housing Study. You can play around with low, base, and high population forecasts to see how much housing is needed by census tract or municipality. Try it out! @planproformus
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I think going to a city and thinking “hell I could live here” is maybe the most important economic draw in today’s WFH urban landscape.
Indianapolis builds at about half the pace of Nashville or Raleigh even with home prices doubling in last 5 years
Today, @planproformus is releasing a first look at our free Indy Metro Housing Study. This study showcases not only how much housing Indy is projected to need, but what types of housing and where it should go.
Check it out here: proformus.com/s/Indy_Metro_H…
Today, @planproformus is releasing a first look at our free Indy Metro Housing Study. This study showcases not only how much housing Indy is projected to need, but what types of housing and where it should go.
Check it out here: proformus.com/s/Indy_Metro_H…
“By successfully combining enforcement and social services, Denver demonstrates that cities don’t need to choose between those binaries. They should do both.”
Sadly, the left doesn’t want to hear ‘enforcement’ and the right doesn’t want to hear ‘social services’.
nytimes.com/2026/10/13/opini… via @NYTOpinion
“Progressive cities have tried to get around the dilemma by flooding the streets with social services, hoping that offers of help would get people on the streets to pack up. The reality, as cities have painfully learned, is that people often need a stronger push to abandon their tents.”
