Clair Marie McDade

Architect, Member of Fairfax VA Board of Zoning Appeals, mother of two, Christian

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

My vision for a world where the quality of all buildings is measured with the BQI. #realestate #PropTech @archneura

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

@RepMeijer @aaron_renn They took them out of Virginia too.

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

I applaud Rep. @RepPettersen for bringing her baby to Capitol Hill. We need more mothers in Congress. Reps should be able to proxy vote. Time with family matters. This would help to get more women in Congress and pass things like paid maternity leave for all.

[U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen @RepPettersen]

Unfortunately, Republican Leadership denied my ability to vote remotely after giving birth to my son, Sam, but that’s not stopping us from showing up to vote NO on this disastrous budget proposal.

They want to rip away health care from 400,000 CO kids, take food off the plates of seniors & veterans, and make life more expensive for hardworking Coloradans – all so they can give tax breaks to corporations and billionaires like Elon Musk.

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @CompletedStreet]

There are thousands of opportunities like this one in U.S. cities.

Trading unused car space for new pedestrian space is a major upgrade.

[Shaun Cooley @shauncooley]

Every kid in the US learns of the Great Chicago Fire (2,112 acres) in school and how modern building codes & fire depts have made this impossible, yet both the 2023 Lahaina & the current Palisades Fire crossed 17,000 acres - 8x the size!

I marked up a map of Chicago to compare.

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

It's absurd that 40% of the buildings in Manhattan are literally illegal to build today.

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

@CohenSite Same situation happening a lot of places.

[Sen. Marsha Blackburn @MarshaBlackburn]

RT if you’re ready for common sense policies to be restored across America.

[Dr. Jeremy Levine, PhD of city council meetings @JeremyELevine]

Beautiful development proposed in Lafayette, CA:

- 7 stories
- 90 homes on 1.2 acres
- first new rental housing in town in 20+ years 😍

Only possible bc city’s housing element forced it to rezone. Policy change matters!

[Natalia Barbour @natalia_barbour]

Driving is often the only option when forced to evacuate.

The inefficiency of driving is also rarely more pronounced than it is here.

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

@SustainableTall How do the timber beams hold up to the weather?

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

@OldUrbanist What is the advantage of having one single family zone versus having none?

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

@HomoPedalius @the_transit_guy Agree about walking! However time is a currency, most of us can’t have enough, and when you are a working parent or have many other responsibilities, speed is essential. We need both - speedy transit and walking.

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

@HomoPedalius @Noahpinion You can only socialize with people in your own car.

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

@Seth_Carlso @texasrunnerDFW It’s not incentives, it’s a cultural shift.

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

@D3NNIZZZ @texasrunnerDFW Ding ding ding

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

@nw3 @texasrunnerDFW A lot of boomers spend heavily. The consumption generation.

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

@BrentToderian A great example of responsible, sustainable urban adaptation from car centered development to people centered development.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved transit, not only did it transform the city’s public life & economic success, but the traffic got better.

The traffic got BETTER.

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

@HomoPedalius @Noahpinion Yes, cars inhibit social connections.

[Clair Marie McDade @ClairAIA]

@BelligerentMan @Noahpinion Private equity ownership in real estate development. They are looking for the safest tenants in deals, which are large chain businesses. PE and banks want the lowest risk possible or they won’t fund the project.