Baby Boomers

Boomers Get Rural

A new report from the USDA says that baby boomers will be flooding out of metropolitan areas and into the countryside over the next ten years.
6 October 2009 - 6:00am
The Oregonian

Canada's Housing Market Braces and Bends for Boomers

As Baby Boomers reach retirement age in Canada, nearly one out of five in the country will be retired within a decade. This coming retirement boom is already affecting the housing market, which many expect to change dramatically.
22 March 2009 - 9:00am
The National Post

Bad Mortgages and Gas Prices = Good For Cities?

The article suggests that rising gas prices, enduring subprime mortgage crisis, and some changing demographics (i.e., the aging of Baby Boomers) are all contributing to the greater popularity of central city neighborhoods.
1 July 2008 - 7:00am
The Chicago Tribune

Staff Shortages Threaten System As Planners Age

A recent survey of the planning profession in the United Kingdom has found that there likely won't be enough young planners to replaces the aging planners approaching retirement.
7 May 2008 - 6:00am
The Architects' Journal

Boomers Cause Boom in Hospital Construction

Hospitals are being built and renovated all across the country -- a trend responding to the aging baby boomer population.
27 February 2008 - 12:00pm
Planning Commissioners Journal
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