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Larisa Ortiz

@larisaortiz.bsky.social
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Urban Retail & Downtown Specialist | Educator, Writer & Speaker | Passionate about creating vibrant, resilient places where businesses not only survive but thrive.

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Larisa Ortiz @larisaortiz.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Did you know 60% of all spending is now digitally influenced? If we don’t help our small businesses adapt, they won’t survive. In @CityLimits, I explore the role that cities can play. 📝 citylimits.org/opinion-stre... #smallbiz #urbanretail #digitalshift #mompops #economicdevelopment
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Opinion: Street-Smart Strategies for NYC's Small Business Future - City Limits
"We must confront a basic but often overlooked truth: supporting small businesses means investing in the commercial districts they rely on."
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Larisa Ortiz @larisaortiz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Yes! It’s Time to Reimagine Our Central Business Districts. Read my latest in CBRE's "Our Take" Newsletter shorturl.at/ebr7y What's happening to downtowns isn’t a blip—it’s a transportation revolution in disguise, one that is quietly reshaping cities as profoundly as cars and elevators once did.
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Larisa Ortiz @larisaortiz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
🛍️ New piece in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social written with Sulin Carlin: The Retail Reckoning: shorturl.at/ePO8t While national retail is recovering, city ground floors tell a different story. Here we explore what city leaders can do about it. #urbanretail #VitalCity #downtowns #policy
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Vital City | The Retail Reckoning
Why New York has too much ground floor commercial space — and what to do with it
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Today in unsurprising but important news: Building bike lanes increases bikeshare usage doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
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