Ohio

In most cities, school districts occupy more land than any private developer or other public entity. Yet, the cities in which school districts operate often have no more influence over schools than they do foreign countries.

The small schools and Smart Growth movements are now working to change the rules and habits that contribute to school sprawl.

Editorial urges Greater Cleveland to help central city residents get to jobs in the outer suburbs.

Computer programmer converts his car to run on discarded cooking oil from the company cafeteria.

Rating communities is highly subjective even with objectively measured criteria. Often such surveys ignore distinctive neighborhoods that have a sense of identity.

A new type of store combining the convenience of online ordering with the hands-on experience of browsing a store in person is planned for Columbus, OH.

New $225 million mixed use development announced for prime riverfront area.

Labor interests and city council are concerned about the fate of neighborhood stores.

A $78M project along the Ohio River will unify the riverfront between two stadiums.

Can a former suburban shopping center developer save downtown Cleveland from a 'death spiral?'

Some plans are so bad they deserve to die on the drawing board, complains columnist Steve Litt about a new plan to speed traffic through Cleveland's downtown inner belt.

Eight land trusts dedicated to saving farmlands and forests in nine Northeast Ohio announce plans to merge.

Xavier University creates a building plan to address the needs and desires of college students born after 1982.

Cleveland's older suburbs hope to fight new projects that will drain more people from the aging suburbs.

Cincinnati's Neighborhood Summit looks at small business districts.

Loveland, OH, may have the state's first plans for a cohousing development.

After decades of decay, Cincinnati is on the mend.

Across the nations, homeowners are battling developers' use of eminent domain.

Is Ohio City Cleveland's first neighborhood to turn the corner, or just to turn its back on affordable housing?

At a dinner held by Cleveland's University Circle, Inc., a potential patron launced an unexpected 15-minute critique.