Regional Planning

Regional Approach Lauded as Key Stretegy for Economic Development

The greater Toledo area needs to think harder about creating regional development if it wants to compete in the globalizing economy, according to this editorial.

30 March 2008 - 9:00am

The Toledo Free Press

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Georgia Considers Regional Taxes for Transportation

Lawmakers in Georgia are considering a plan to ask voters in rural areas to decide whether they want to pay a regional sales tax to fund transportation projects -- a response to the state's few funding sources for transit projects.

27 March 2008 - 12:00pm

WMAZ

Planning a Smart Transit Future in Tampa Bay

With a newly formed regional transit authority, Tampa Bay, Florida, may be ready for a regional transit system. Many want to do it right.

19 March 2008 - 12:00pm

The Tampa Tribune

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The Regional Approach to Fighting Poverty

This article from the Albany Times Union looks at the importance of using a regional approach to addressing poverty, crime and inner city blight.

15 March 2008 - 11:00am

Albany Times Union

Is Now the Time for an MPO in Melbourne?

With government plans to increase the amount of land used for affordable housing in Melbourne, Australia, some say it's time for a regional planning entity.

8 March 2008 - 9:00am

The Age

Parris Glendening

Ontario’s leaders look for “Places to Grow”

Tue, 05/22/2007 - 12:36

Think big.

That’s what the people of Ontario and the Toronto region set out to do more than 5 years ago when they began a visionary planning process for the area known as the Greater Golden Horseshoe in southern Ontario, Canada. (The Greater Golden Horseshoe is the area around Lake Ontario that stretches from roughly Peterborough to the east, west through metropolitan Toronto, and around the west tip of the lake to the southern side and Niagara Falls — hence the horseshoe shape.)

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