Can this really happen? Or is it a myth?

Local urban myths

• Nobody parks in the Old School Square Garage
• The CRA hasn’t invested in the community.
• All Developers Are Greedy and Bad
• You Can Still Steal Real Estate in Delray (those days are gone)
•  Your million dollar plus house in east Delray has nothing to do with the success of the downtown
• People don’t want to live downtown
• All density is bad. (It’s about design)
• 48 feet is a tall building
• The US 1 project will create gridlock
• Conditional use is bad
• Conditional use is the same as a waiver or variance
• Suburban parking codes work downtown
• Downtown is bullet proof (see Street, Clematis, Boulevard, Las Olas)
• Downtown is done.
• Cities can ignore private property rights (not in America)
• Property owners can ignore the public (no they can’t and they shouldn’t)
• Sprawl like development is sustainable
• We can ignore millennials
• Process trumps outcomes
• Contracts shouldn’t be bid (a view still stubbornly held by a few)
• The highest or lowest bidder should always win (better make sure they can do the job)
• Economic development incentives are the answer (a tool: yes, the answer: no)
• You don’t have to grow your own jobs
• Parking is free
• Culture doesn’t matter
• Success is an accident
• Visioning is a waste of time
• Delray hasn’t implemented visions (just look around)
• The squeaky wheel should always get the grease (it’s a big town out there, happy people tend not to show up at meetings, sadly)
• Being an elected official is an easy job
• Workforce housing is an option
• Cities can ignore education
• Success is always final and failure is always fatal
• Public Art is a waste of resources
• Cities should stick to the basics
• Leadership is an option– nice to have but not necessary
• Public Employees aren’t passionate about their mission
• Elections don’t matter. Yes they do.