Kathleen McCormick

Kathleen McCormick, principal of Fountainhead Communications LLC in Boulder, Colorado, is a writer and editor focused on sustainable design and the environment.

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Development and Construction
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Multifamily
Millennials’ Preferences Are Good News for Mixed-Income Development
With Denver’s population expanding from about 470,000 in 1990 to 700,000 today, many longtime residents in some gentrifying neighborhoods find it difficult to remain as rents, home prices, and property taxes climb. How do communities in other U.S. cities provide for both lower-income families and local culture while being revitalized?
March 29, 2017
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Kathleen McCormick
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Development and Construction
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Infrastructure
Capitalizing on TOD
As the Denver metropolitan area has topped 3 million residents, potentially accelerating toward 4 million, a sustainable land use template for future mobility and economic, social, and environmental health is emerging within the framework of the 122-mile (196 km) FasTracks rail and bus rapid transit network, which includes expansion with five new transit lines this year. A ULI Colorado event in early November attracted participants from Colorado and beyond to tour various transit-oriented development sites and hear about lessons learned and future trends.
December 8, 2016
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Development and Construction
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Real Estate Trends
Making the Investment Case for Smarter Urban Growth
Compact, well-connected urban development can create vibrant cities that are more competitive, inclusive, and resilient and that have lower carbon footprints.
November 22, 2016
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Kathleen McCormick
Economy, Market & Trends
Repurposing Two Former Downtown Industrial Sites
Two case studies on how obsolete industrial buildings have been redeveloped for a new life in the new economy—the focus of this 2016 ULI Fall Meeting session—offered lessons about capitalizing on site location, the buildings’ qualities, and the developers’ visions for creating dynamic mixed-use places that are profitable as well as mission driven.
November 21, 2016
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Kathleen McCormick
Best Practices
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Emerging Trends
Bringing Healthier Commercial Corridors to Four U.S. Cities
During a session at the 2016 ULI Fall Meeting, panelists involved in the ULI Healthy Corridorsproject discussed strategies for transforming unsafe, unattractive, and poorly connected commercial corridors into thriving places that further the goal of creating healthy and economically vibrant communities.
November 8, 2016
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Kathleen McCormick
Development and Construction
ULI Leaders Share Their Legacies and Origins
In the ULI NEXT Global “Legacies and Leadership” session at the 2016 ULI Fall Meeting, three lions of the industry, all former ULI chairs, shared lessons learned from their careers in real estate—their inspirations, insights, challenges, and how their work has shaped their values and vision for the Institute’s future.
November 7, 2016
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Kathleen McCormick
Development and Construction
View from the Top: Branching Out from the Family Business
At the 2016 ULI Fall Meeting in Dallas, the ULI Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) presented a candid conversation with Lucy C. Billingsley, cofounder and partner of the Billingsley Company, an award-winning land development and property management firm based in Dallas with 3,200 acres (1,300 ha) of master-planned communities, as well as office parks and industrial and retail projects. The daughter of the legendary Trammell Crow, Billingsley has real estate in her DNA.
November 7, 2016
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Kathleen McCormick
Development and Construction
Optimism, Resilience Are Keys to Building Stronger Communities
Optimism is “not something you do, but rather a spirit you bring to everything you do,” keynote speaker Steve Gross, a clinical social worker and founder of the Life is Good Kids Foundation, told ULI members at a 2016 ULI Fall Meeting general session. Gross, the foundation’s “chief playmaker,” shared his thoughts on optimism and offered practical advice for cultivating an optimistic and playful spirit, based on his work with children who have experienced traumas.
November 7, 2016
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Kathleen McCormick
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Development and Construction
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Infrastructure
How TOD Is Fueling Growth in Southern Dallas
Southern Dallas, which was physically and economically separated from downtown after the construction of Interstate 30 in the 1960s, is undergoing a renaissance focused on transit-oriented development.
August 31, 2016
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Kathleen McCormick
Resilience and Sustainability
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Spring Meeting
New Ways to Bring Healthier Food to Underserved Places
Philadelphia is proud of its food culture and has a great restaurant scene in Center City. But outside the center, the city of 1.6 million has a 26 percent poverty rate and a need for affordable healthy food.
April 29, 2016
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