Aaron M Renn

Aaron M. Renn is The Urbanophile, an opinion-leading urban success strategist and writer. He is on a mission to help America’s cities thrive in the 21st century global economy by discarding old stereotypes and adopting new strategies based in progressive planning, economics, and branding principles aimed at creating sustainable, everyday places for the majority of Americans to live, work, and visit on an ongoing basis. In 1999 Renn launched one of the nation’s first blogs, The Weekly Breakdown, to monitor Chicago Transit Authority service, and he is currently a contributor to Shareable.