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Joel Anderson is a Partner Writer for Resident Urbanist. He is the Founder of Mainstreet Communities, a real estate development firm created to make great urbanism accessible to every American. Mainstreet’s first project is <a class="link" href="https://flight.beehiiv.net/v2/clicks/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53ZXN0dmlsbGFnZWZsb3JlbmNlLmNvbS8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT13d3cucmVzaWRlbnR1cmJhbmlzdC5jb20mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1yZWZlcnJhbCIsInBvc3RfaWQiOiJkZDZmZWRkYy00ZDNkLTRjMmUtOGE2YS00OWVmYWM4M2QxYzAiLCJwdWJsaWNhdGlvbl9pZCI6IjA4YzVkNjNkLTIzZGEtNDVlYi1iNjFhLWQwYmQxYzJmMDEwMCIsInZpc2l0X3Rva2VuIjoiMDJjMmNhMTQtNjdiNS00Njk2LTgzOTctOTQ5Yjc3MDBiYTQzIiwiaWF0IjoxNzA3NDE5MzQwLCJpc3MiOiJvcmNoaWQifQ.x7pUIuy9oWDRZdGR_03BhWXSZszPHYSf5HYmboYJ4rQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">West Village</a>, a 200-unit mixed-use neighborhood center in downtown Florence, Alabama. He also writes <a class="link" href="https://flight.beehiiv.net/v2/clicks/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2pvZWxhbmRlcnNvbi5zdWJzdGFjay5jb20vP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9d3d3LnJlc2lkZW50dXJiYW5pc3QuY29tJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09cmVmZXJyYWwiLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoiZGQ2ZmVkZGMtNGQzZC00YzJlLThhNmEtNDllZmFjODNkMWMwIiwicHVibGljYXRpb25faWQiOiIwOGM1ZDYzZC0yM2RhLTQ1ZWItYjYxYS1kMGJkMWMyZjAxMDAiLCJ2aXNpdF90b2tlbiI6IjAyYzJjYTE0LTY3YjUtNDY5Ni04Mzk3LTk0OWI3NzAwYmE0MyIsImlhdCI6MTcwNzQxOTM0MCwiaXNzIjoib3JjaGlkIn0.QFAQojgj2K5fbNXjLprzBPXMF9dVrq1evm_Sq-nTj7g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Reinventing Real Estate</a>, a newsletter about new approaches to real estate development.

A photo of author Joel Anderson. He is a white male with blond hair and a pink shirt, smiling in front of a building.

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