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Public transportation ridership
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Public transportation ridership

June 28, 2018. I just spent three weeks in London traveling almost exclusively via their subway public transportation system called the Underground.

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When two are greater than one
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

When two are greater than one

June 21, 2018. I returned from a month in Europe to find the news that the 42nd Street Candy Co. was going to close. It appears that this tragedy will have a happy ending.

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Effects of marijuana
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Effects of marijuana

June 14, 2018. I guess we can say legalizing marijuana is having a budding impact on real estate.

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Study tour – trains, boats and buses
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Study tour – trains, boats and buses

June 7, 2018. Since last week’s column, the University of Central Oklahoma’s London/Belfast/Dublin Study Tour and Research Extension left London to travel to one of my favorite cities in the world – Belfast.

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200 and Counting
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

200 and Counting

June 2018. A developer in OKC named Steve Mason called me and asked me to define the time and event that started the renaissance in downtown Edmond.

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UCO study tour continues
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

UCO study tour continues

May 31, 2018.I am writing this week’s column from the London Pub. With both the King’s Cross and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park data gathered, the University of Central Oklahoma student-researchers now turn their attention to the London/Belfast/Dublin Study Tour.

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UCO London research tour (Stratford)
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

UCO London research tour (Stratford)

May 24, 2018. Things were abuzz in London as the country prepared for a royal wedding. Our nine-member team of student researchers is not creating a buzz on the royal wedding scale, but instead looking at the ramifications of what are being called privately owned public spaces, or POPS.

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Effect of parks
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Effect of parks

May 10, 2018. Parks are a way the built environment can improve residents’ quality of life.

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Americans with Disability Act
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Americans with Disability Act

May 3, 2018. Growing up with a blind brother has given me empathy for those with disabilities; however, as a developer, builder, property manager, and built environment enthusiast, I still get frustrated trying to comply with the Americans with Disability Act requirements.

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Things – They are a Changin’
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Things – They are a Changin’

May 2018. The biggest potential game-changer for downtown Edmond is the implementation of a quiet zone to silence the horn of that pesky train.

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The sharing economy and real estate
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

The sharing economy and real estate

April 19, 2018. Millennials have bought into the concept of sharing things, such as physical space in exchange for services and convenience, and it is now making waves in the real estate industry.

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Mayor’s Development Roundtable
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Mayor’s Development Roundtable

April 12, 2018. I had the opportunity to take a group of students to Mick Cornett’s final Mayor’s Development Roundtable last month.

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Autonomous vehicle disruption
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Autonomous vehicle disruption

May 29, 2018. The momentum that autonomous vehicle technology had enjoyed the last few years recently took a hit when a woman in Tempe, Arizona, was struck and killed by a driverless vehicle. Much of the attention and many of the questions raised from the tragic event have fallen on planners and developers of the built environment.

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It’s about the education
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

It’s about the education

March 22, 2018. Jack Werner founded A to Z Inspections in 2002 to do residential and commercial real estate inspections. With degrees in construction and finance, Werner developed a process to produce an inspection that educates the buyers about the property they are purchasing.

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Saving lives and protecting property
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Saving lives and protecting property

March 8, 2018. What started out seven years ago as a tornado summit has grown into a three-day, multidiscipline conference focused on many different disaster threats, including tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, hail, and earthquakes.

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