This week Lisa Nichols was the guest speaker after house dinner. She is a city planner for Ithaca. She told us about some of the projects that the town is working on to provide more housing to accommodate everyone from students to commuter employees. There are about 13,000 people that come into Ithaca every day for work and a portion of those people would probably like to live in Ithaca. Currently, there is not enough housing to accommodate the demand and because the demand is so high real estate and rent is extremely expensive. Ithaca is a great place that many people want to live in because it has been on top ten lists for best places to retire, however it is also one of the most expensive places to live. There is a plan to move towards urban housing where everything is more centralized and easier to get to. This is a general trend because most millennials are choosing not to own cars for sustainability reasons. I think this is really great that they are planning the town around the needs of all the people that are coming into Ithaca for work, school, families, or retirement. Ithaca has so many beautiful places and a small town feel to it that brings people together.