Downtown Juarez was my third place. The third place is the place that’s neither home nor work. The place you
Category: Economic Development
Their Present is Our Future
Across the river from UTEP, Colonia Felipe Angeles is poor. And it’s not even the poorest neighborhood in Juarez. Colonia
Retrovision: The Effects of Corruption
This post originally appeared on 28 March 2019. Back in 2009, Woody Hunt talked about the effects of corruption in
Retrovision: Dee Margo’s Task Force
This post originally appeared on 23 April 2020. Good news, everybody. Sure, people are dying, and the economy’s in the
What Is CooL?
For marketers, cool is the holy grail. Mostly, marketers find cool after it’s been discovered and try to monetize it,
The Government and the Governed
El Paso is culturally unique. There is no other place in the world like El Paso. The U.S. Census Bureau’s
Retrovision: Amazon Is Coming
This article originally appeared on 26 July 2020. From the El Paso Times: Amazon, the giant online retailer, plans to open
The Oligarchs are Trying to Steal This Election
First it was that dark money campaign to “Support Our Leaders”. Now it’s this email from Woody Hunt. From: Woody Hunt
Retrovision: Rancho El Paso
This article originally appeared on 10 March 2017. Our City Fathers would have you believe that El Paso is a
What Has the City Done for You Lately?
The El Paso Inc. reports that the City bought the County’s old 911 phone center building in downtown El Paso
The Destruction of Brand El Paso
What does “El Paso” mean to you? I threw quotes around it because I want to talk about the idea
The Problem With El Paso
The problem is El Paso’s not growing. All the costs of those Quality of Life projects would be easier to
We Could Have Had City-Wide High-Speed Internet Instead
You know I’ve been saying that the real cost of all those vanity projects for the leisure class is what
El Paso’s Climate Refugees
Here’s a long read from ProPublica and the New York Times Magazine: Conjoined to the Mexican city of Juárez, the
Amazon is Coming
From the El Paso Times: Amazon, the giant online retailer, plans to open one of its distribution centers in El Paso, company
Segundo Barrio
Have you seen this map of the Segundo Barrio Historic District the El Paso Commissioners Court approved last Monday? It’s
Is the Plaza Hotel Open?
Here’s a listing for the Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park I came across on hotels.com. I guess you could be one
Economic Development?
Y’all remember when they pitched those 2102 Quality of Life bonds, they said it was “an economic development issue”. Here’s
The Robots Have Come for Your Job
I came home the other day and some guy was messing with my gas meter. Turns out that Texas Gas
El Paso Post-Pandemic
The future will look different. But let’s hope we’ve learned from the mistakes of the past. For the past couple