# My #CityResolve

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2015-01-06

architect-this-city, atc, athiscity, chief-planner, cities, cityresolve, improving-cities, jennifer-keesmaat, making-cities-better, mission, mission-statement, new-years-resolutions, uli, uncategorized, urban-land-institute

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Yesterday the Urban Land Institute here in Toronto launched [a great social media initiative called #CityResolve](http://toronto.uli.org/press-releases/cityresolve/). The idea is that instead of making a personal New Year’s resolution, that you instead make one that would benefit your city as a whole. This is great for me because [I don’t really believe in New Year’s resolutions](http://brandondonnelly.com/post/71763345279/why-new-years-resolutions-suck).

You can [read more about the initiative here](http://toronto.uli.org/press-releases/cityresolve/), but all you have to do is tweet your resolve using [#CityResolve](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CityResolve?src=hash). One person will be selected for a one-on-one meeting with Toronto’s Chief Planner, [Jennifer Keesmaat](https://twitter.com/jen_keesmaat) – where you could then pitch your idea directly to the top :)

For me though, I feel like I’ve already been acting on my resolve, which is this blog. When I started writing every day back in August 2013, I did so for myself, but also for [a clear mission](http://brandondonnelly.com/about): To promote the building of beautiful, sustainable, and globally competitive cities. I don’t profess to have all the answers, but I hope to initiate the right kind of discussions.

If that feels like a cop out though, here’s another:

> I love technology. My [#CityResolve](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CityResolve?src=hash) is to use my phone less in public and talk to more people (strangers). People are what make cities great.
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> — Brandon G. Donnelly (@donnelly\_b) [January 6, 2015](https://twitter.com/donnelly_b/status/552497945711755265)

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What’s yours?

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/my-cityresolve)*