North Carolina

Designed by architect William McDonough, a pair of towers recently approved for downtown Chapel Hill will be the first mixed-use development to meet LEED Gold standards in North Carolina.

The city of Greensboro, North Carolina plans to create gardens that will serve as a gateway on the city's southeast side.

State and local officials are offering $100 million dollars in tax breaks to the Internet company should it locate a new facility in Lenoir, North Carolina. Yet some wonder if the generosity will pay off for the town.

The central location and the expanse of space to facilitate a variety of different uses are getting people excited about the newly proposed City Plaza in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, despite the fact that it will cut through a well-used street.

The cost effective Katrina Cottage continues its evolution in the form of a schoolhouse.

The city council is considering letting developers decide for themselves how many parking spaces to build, though many worry the change could harm downtown.

This article in North Carolina's Independent Weekly looks at a proposal to chop the top off a historic hill in Raleigh to make way for commercial development. Environmental groups are opposing the plan.

In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, a new group of citizens are giving their city's image a boost by providing a variety of services, from picking up litter to redirecting lost visitors.

The city of Greensboro, North Carolina, is seeking input from residents as it attempts to come up with an innovative way to brand itself.

Two North Carolina communities are grappling over whether they should extend their county's planning boundary to include both jurisdictions. Some residents are opposed due to fears of conforming to undesired development standards.

Can retirement migration be a replacement for former industries?

An initiative by the High Point, North Carolina police department has shown results in cleaning up a drug-riddled neighborhood by using "soft" pressure from families and community members to change behaviors.

While the city's light-rail system is plagued with construction delays and cost overruns, developers are waiting in the wings with plans for urban transit villages along the line.

Housing developments are threatening centuries-old agricultural land in Western North Carolina, but farmers are fighting off developers with the help of conservation easements.

Duany, Plater-Zyberk and Company's Director of Town Planning, Tom Low, wasn't always committed to designing walkable communities.

A North Carolina based weekly has published a helpful list of ways for residents to reduce their energy consumption.

A recent change in the method of calculating the size of developable land took the state's wetlands out of the acreage. The result could have been vastly expanded stormwater-runoff infrastructure requirements for developers. But it wasn't.

New York City developers, financed in part by Donald Trump, unveil plans to build an 80-foot condominium development in Hendersonville, NC, much to the dismay of locals, who fear losing their small-town charm.

Voters reject tax to stop the thinning sands of the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

Previously congested with pedestrian and shopping malls, the downtown is enjoying new development after reintroduction of the street grid.