Shane Farthing

Music, hiking, biking, packrafting, baseball, etc. Interested in placemaking & economic/community development. But this isn’t a work acct.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@cgoodwoman You and @TheAdvoc8te should chat. Y’all are both black women leading community media organizations with trusted voices…and seem to be constantly dealing with folks who don’t want to pay for what you offer.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@tiffany Local government: “If it came on our bulk-procured workstation, that’s our technology!”

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@mitifig @BikeDC For a while their were thoughts of capturing water from their troubled stormwater system down there. But I think if you wanted to go 4 stories and millions of dollars deep you’d find a few retrofit bike racks.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@mitifig @BikeDC Those bottom couple floors weren’t used & having vacant parking deck floors was just a safety problem. So they blocked them off.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@mitifig @BikeDC I can answer the former, but am out of date on the latter. DC and the developer got into a dispute over that parking deck because 1 side knew the 2 bottom floors were a massive waste and the other insisted on them to attract national tenants who wanted a big box footprint

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@VeronicaODavis @APWATexas Let me know if you find a platform fire truck under $1.8M.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@fedupworkingmom I’m sorry I don’t have the details & don’t want to make the mistake of using personal Twitter as a work account. ;-) But they’re coming along. Construction’s always stop/start on bldgs this old with all the unknowns.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@alexbaca I can’t help, but tell me what you find good in Detroit! Trying to visit there soon.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@bogrosemary My state highway department wouldnt allow bus stop signs that the MPO designed (among all the billboards they allow) because they worry it’ll be too much clutter for the poor motorists. Over-abundance for one mode mandating scarcity for all others.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@DavidJoy_Author Makes sense. I’m not a rural guy. I’m trying to convince folks the value of rebuilding the historic downtown instead and stop putting the big boxes on the farms. But I’m out of parcels that will hold them & folks want those coolers.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@walkyourcamera Been fortunate to work at some good ones. But just having a shower and changing area available for employees is the one that made the biggest difference in making folks feel comfortable being active in how they get to work and at breaks.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

That thing where District leadership picks a complex corridor, spends half-a-decade planning, then screws it up in a last minute fit of pique looks even dumber from a distance.

[Mayor Muriel Bowser @MayorBowser]

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[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

Sorry for the crypto spam the past few days. Account was hacked and all info changed to lock me out. Pleasantly surprised at how quickly Twitter got it fixed.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@infieldflygrl The premise is that it’s all a TV show. One thing you learn as a Nats fan, given the dispute with the O’s, is that in-game spending just doesn’t matter compared to TV viewership money and how that gets spread.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@sarahshook Good to hear! I’m actually closer to DC than Morgantown. Try to see you there every time I can. (And appreciate the intro to Sunny War. She’s become another favorite.)

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@sarahshook I worry about artists seeing this stuff and (reasonably) avoiding our difficult state in response, which will just isolate folks more. Certainly not an expectation, but if you ever want to play my little part of WV we’ll try to fill up a venue for you.

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@cgoodwoman Any chance you have a shareable version not behind the paywall? (Terrible thing to ask a writer & journalist, I know. But I’m still refusing to accept I must subscribe to the local paper of a town 5 hours away to get state leg coverage.)

[Shane Farthing @ShaneFarthing]

@WHands80 @beyonddc There are several proposals to include Hancock/Cumberland. I’ve been watching to see that they don’t leave WV since WV won’t pay. Currently looks like it would cost MD more to leave. So more optimistic than it’s been.