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Which U.S. Cities Changed the Most This Decade

Analysis looks at a decade of data to determine which communities are undergoing dynamic transformations, and which are standing still.

October 23, 2017 - Modern Cities

You've Got a Friend in Me: Community Development and Health Sectors Working Together

Sixty percent of premature deaths are accounted for not by medical care or lack thereof, but by social circumstances, environmental conditions, and behavioral patterns. So perhaps the medical field on its own can't prevent them.

August 2, 2012 - Shelterforce

Does Your Local Economic Development Strategy Include Search Engines?

Nearly half of consumers now report that they look for local business information using the Internet, more than any other source.

December 23, 2011 - Pew Research Center

Next Financial Crisis: Municipal Bonds

America's cities and towns have issued nearly $3 trillion in municipal bonds, yet are facing shrinking revenues, budget shortfalls and enormous pension obligations. There are fears that the next financial crisis will be municipal bankruptcies.

March 7, 2011 - New York Times

A Prefab Prototype for Kenyan Villages

A Kansas City design team hopes its model for a prefabricated village can bring "simple, high-quality vernacular architecture" to the country's rural communities.

December 21, 2010 - The Architect's Newspaper

Saving the Suburbs

Grist talks with Galina Tachieva, author of Sprawl Repair Manual.

December 16, 2010 - Grist

S.F. Attracting Tech Industry from Silicon Valley

More tech workers are choosing the city over the suburbs. Now companies themselves are beginning to follow suit, reports Jon Swartz.

December 9, 2010 - USA Today

New Orleans Biomedical Campus Ignites Preservation Battle

Mark Guarino investigates the controversial construction of an expansive new development in the historic Lower Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans.

December 9, 2010 - The Christian Science Monitor

'Aerotropolis' Takes Off in Michigan

Officials hope to attract shipping and transportation companies to a new 60,000 acre development near the Detroit Metro and Willow Run airports.

December 6, 2010 - Detroit Free Press

Atlanta Revamps Public Housing

Howard Husock catalogs the accomplishments of Renee Glover, the controversial leader of the Atlanta Housing Authority.

November 11, 2010 - The Washington Times

America's Dying Middle Class

Rolling Stone pundit Matt Taibbi writes that the media are missing the real story: that millions of Americans are financially drowning under home heating costs, gas prices and debt, and the middle class is disappearing.

July 24, 2008 - AlterNet

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