Community / Economic Development
Changing Auto Industry Links The Fates Of Two Towns
While Rustbelt cities cope with job losses at ailing U.S. auto makers, the south is benefiting from Asian auto makers' success.
Taking The Pulse Of Middle Market Neighborhoods
Policymakers in Memphis, Tennessee, are taking a closer look at the housing market in middle-income neighborhoods that are increasingly destabilizing due to neglect.
Downtown Memphis Looks To Sports Arena To Spur Development
Piecemeal development has occurred around the FedEx Forum in Downtown Memphis, but a major project from a potential new owner of the city's NBA team has boosters excited.
Online Property Database Could Fuel Growth
Economic development leaders are touting a soon to be launched Internet database of hundreds of properties in 10 Western Pennsylvania counties around Pittsburgh as a valuable tool to attract companies and jobs.
What Philly Can Learn From New York's Waterfront
A recent trip to New York's Hudson River Park has opened the eyes of Philadelphia residents looking to redevelop their city's waterfront along the Delaware River. But in comparing the waterfronts of the two cities, Philly's lacks a sense of purpose.
Local Business Suffers As Council Calls For Economic Safe Bet
The city council in Oxford, England, is considering replacing what's left of its local businesses and public spaces with city-revenue-generating corporate chains and retail outlets.
Small Town Pins Economic Hopes On Ethanol And Other Renewables
Mayor Al Christianson of Washburn, North Dakota, hopes to capitalize on the burst of interest in exploiting renewable, traditional, and alternative energy resources that are abundant in the Northern Plains.
Infrastructure Projects Can Save America's Middle Class
Joel Kotkin and David Friedman believe investing in massive infrastructure projects can save the nation's middle and working classes.
Church Pins Hope On Downtown Growth
The historic Trinity Episcopal Cathedral looks to downtown Miami residential growth as a way to fill its half-empty pews.
Shrinking Smart: A New Planning Paradigm?
How to adequately plan for cities in decline is a growing problem that has received little attention.
Wal Mart Supercenters Banned in San Diego
A law banning large retail stores, intended to keep WalMart Supercenters out of the city, is approved by San Diego officials.
Measuring The Impact Of Universities
Describing the impact of universities can be challenging for both higher education and Technology-Based Economic Development (TBED). Two new reports demonstrate the importance of higher education institutions to a local economy.
University Seeks To Enlighten, Uplift Its L.A. Neighborhood
Often reviled for its gritty neighborhood, the University of Southern California is reaching out to its surrounding communities and putting forth initiatives to bridge the town-gown divide and spur economic development.
CBD Rebound In Johannesburg
Inner-city regeneration in the central business district of Johannesburg, South Africa, have turned the area around from being an abandoned and dangerous neighborhood into one flourishing with active businesses and residents.
Chain Stores Aren't A Bad Thing For Cities
Urbanists lament the cookie-cutter retail landscape, but the fact remains that national chains provide the types of goods and services that consumers want.
Reviving The Great Lakes Megaregion
Neal Peirce reviews a Brookings Institution report that proposes a bold new vision for the 'economically stagnant' Great Lakes region.
The Last Retailer Standing
Despite the sudden sale and closure of Portland's once vibrant public market, one pizza parlor owner continues to incur large losses but refuses to shut down.
Garden District Could Breathe New Life Into Downtown
A landscape district featuring restored historic gardens is planned for downtown Columbia, South Carolina. The project will serve as a critical "connecting point" for several downtown areas undergoing revitalization.
Cities Trying To Woo "The Young And The Restless"
Cities are competing for a mobile but vital part of the workforce: the 25- to 34-year olds.
Tourism Recovers Slowly In New Orleans
Travel writer Matt Gross reports on the state of tourism in New Orleans.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Nashville Planning Department
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
