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Jonathan Berk
@berkie1
Supporting a new generation of walkable neighborhoods with housing abundance, active public realms, & thriving small business ecosystems. Founder @remainplaces
Salem, MA
remainplaces.com
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Dec 16, 2025
    Memphis is unlocking middle housing by addressing code reform, not just zoning. 🏘️ 3-6 units use modified 'large home' code 🔥 Scaled fire & sprinkler rules instead of costly commercial standards 🚰 Apply residential utility requirements 📝 Streamlined permitting & approvals
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Mar 13, 2025
    Minimum parking requirements.
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    City Aesthetics ⛩
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    Mar 13, 2025
    Why did we stop building cities like this?
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Mar 23, 2025
    66% of Parisians voted today to create 500 additional pedestrian streets, replacing over 10,000 parking spots with green space and enhanced pedestrian infrastructure. 📍 Paris 🇫🇷
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Jul 5, 2025
    After a $1.6 billion investment and years of hard work, the Seine River, which was once heavily polluted, is now clean enough for swimming for the first time in over a century. The city has also invested in three public swimming locations. 📍 Paris 🇫🇷
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Sep 2, 2022
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Jun 3, 2022
    Cities should be places to live in, not spaces to pass through. It’s time to focus on planning for “place,” not “space.”
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Jul 12, 2025
    A reminder that not every city street needs to be devoted exclusively to the movement and storage of vehicles.
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Mar 10, 2024
    “We built cities all over America that are designed for automobiles and not designed for people... Our housing costs are high, in part because of the way that we've designed our cities." - @GovDougBurgum North Dakota comments during the @NatlGovsAssoc winter meetings
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Oct 25, 2022
    BREAKING: Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council has voted 8-1 to REMOVE ALL MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS from the city’s zoning code (commercial and residential)!
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Jan 30, 2023
    We could be going cross-country at 250mph in a new electric vehicle...
    President Biden test drives an electric vehicle.
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    President Biden Archived
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    Jan 30, 2023
    On my watch, the great American road trip is going to be fully electrified. And now, through a tax credit, you can get up to $7,500 on a new electric vehicle.
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    It should be noted that some rules for the clean vehicle tax credit are on hold until further IRS guidance is issued in March: cnbc.com/2023/01/25/inf… IRS resources: 1) Credits for New Electric Vehicles Purchased in 2022 or Before: irs.gov/credits-deduct… 2) Credits for New Clean Vehicles Purchased in 2023 or After: irs.gov/credits-deduct…
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Jul 14, 2023
    In 2010, Lancaster, CA transformed Lancaster Blvd. from a 5 lane road into a tree lined, 2 lane street. The positive impact was immediate with 50+ new businesses opening and $273mm in new economic activity and w/ reduced speeds, traffic related injuries plummeted.
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Dec 22, 2021
    It’s amazing what we can do when we rethink how we use some of the space we devote to moving and storing cars. 📍 Millennium Park, Chicago
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Sep 22, 2023
    Train travel between Orlando and Miami officially kicked off this morning. @GoBrightline trains will run nearly every hour, covering the full route in a little over 3 hours with stops in Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton and West Palm Beach. 🎥 @Ananyati
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    Jonathan Berk
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    Jan 12, 2025
    The more things change, the more they stay the same. 🏒 ❄️ 📍 Boston Public Garden 🗓️ 1930 - 2025
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