High Point University president Nido Qubein says he ‘cringes when he hears a visitor to High Point refer to it as a ‘dying town.'” So he brings in urban architect Andres Duany to pitch some ideas about how to bring HP back to life.

Here’s one idea Duany pitched — the city “could scrap or significantly change regulations and building codes to allow the rehabilitation of older, now-vacant buildings in the city’s heart.”

What a concept. Anyone listening?