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Rian Watt

Rian Watt

Rian Watt is the executive director of The Urbanist.


Recent Articles by this Author

Fall 2023 Subscriber Drive Kickoff: 10 Years of The Urbanist

Give today to celebrate a decade of The Urbanist. The Urbanist will turn 10 years old in 2024. When we were founded in 2014 by a small group of volunteers frustrated with the lack of serious attention our region’s leaders were giving to our linked housing, transportation, and climate

Fall 2023 Subscriber Drive Kickoff: 10 Years of The Urbanist

Give today to celebrate a decade of The Urbanist. The Urbanist will turn 10 years old in 2024. When we were founded in 2014 by a small group of volunteers frustrated with the lack of serious attention our region’s leaders were giving to our linked housing, transportation, and climate

Introducing Rian Watt As Executive Director of The Urbanist

Doug Trumm is pivoting to a new role as publisher. Join us in welcoming Rian Watt as executive director of The Urbanist. Rian has been involved with The Urbanist in one form or another since 2019, when he joined the Elections Committee as a member. Since then, he’s gone

Introducing Rian Watt As Executive Director of The Urbanist

Doug Trumm is pivoting to a new role as publisher. Join us in welcoming Rian Watt as executive director of The Urbanist. Rian has been involved with The Urbanist in one form or another since 2019, when he joined the Elections Committee as a member. Since then, he’s gone

Subscriber Drive Testimonial: Rian Watt

Cities are complicated places, and the people who live in them are complicated too. It can be hard to cut through all the noise and figure out what it’s going to take to build the kind of communities we all want to live in: vibrant, affordable, safe, and filled

Subscriber Drive Testimonial: Rian Watt

Cities are complicated places, and the people who live in them are complicated too. It can be hard to cut through all the noise and figure out what it’s going to take to build the kind of communities we all want to live in: vibrant, affordable, safe, and filled