Community / Economic Development

Despite a still tenuous political situation, this war-battered region in the Northern Caucasuses of Russia is beginning to show signs of life.

August 4, 2006 - National Public Radio

For 18 years, the Neighborhood Capital Budget Group has helped Chicago's grassroots community organizations understand where and how their public dollars are spent.

August 3, 2006 - Shelterforce Magazine

New trends in home development and technologies are helping people avoid living near a sex offender.

August 3, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor

BusinessWeek offers a brief overview of Florida's theory and recent work.

August 2, 2006 - Business Week

The City of Toronto lacks a grand design, and needs to "think big" if it wants to fulfill its promise, argues a recent column in the Toronto Star.

August 2, 2006 - The Toronto Star

Controversial Boise convention center plans face location and financing hurdles.

August 1, 2006 - The Idaho Statesman

In an effort to maintain more control over the system and to boost its own economy, Boston plans to depart from the model used in other U.S. cities by turning its Wi-Fi network over to a non-profit organization.

August 1, 2006 - The Boston Globe

A recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times outlines the issues around "gentrification" using the city's recent wave of downtown redevelopment as a case study.

July 31, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Chicago's City Council passed a landmark ordinance yesterday that requires big-box stores to pay a minimum wage of $10 per hour by 2010 plus $3 an hour worth of benefits.

July 31, 2006 - The New York Times

As the city celebrates its 100th birthday, officials and residents share their hopes for the future, even as the population continues to decline.

July 28, 2006 - The Chicago Tribune

The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with homeowners in the latest case over property rights.

July 28, 2006 - MSN Money

Measure 37, Oregon's landmark property rights law, is set to transform a state renowned for its rigid land use policies designed to preserve forests and farms while containing cities, much to the disappointment of the state's planners.

July 28, 2006 - The New York Times

With the United States expected to have a good chance of winning the Summer Olympics in 2016, three iconic U.S. cities are vying for the privilege of hosting the games.

July 28, 2006 - The New York Times

With its neighborhoods filled with vacant buildings, its water utility leaking 85 million gallons a day, and no real federal assistance in evidence, some feel that New Orleans has been "gutted."

July 27, 2006 - CommonDreams

How do we redesign cities to meet the needs of a changing world? Anupam Saraph poses questions for Mumbai's planners.

July 27, 2006 - The Indian Express

HUD's Los Angeles Housing Authority is replacing its older, "oppressive", public housing stock with friendlier, mixed-income complexes to ease the city's housing crisis.

July 27, 2006 - The Planning Report

A suburban town just west of Minneapolis is debating a plan to bring a bit of New Urbanism into a proposed housing development that would otherwise just be houses. The planned mixed use development has enticed some residents and worried others.

July 27, 2006 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

National restaurant chains moving into Philadelphia’s Center City are changing the character and landscape of the historic area.

July 26, 2006 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

An experiment in Ontario, Canada has ordinary residents meeting regularly to decide how government funds are spent on playgrounds, health clinics and adult education.

July 26, 2006 - Shelterforce Magazine

To coincide with the World Urban Forum, the Ottawa Citizen devotes most of their Sunday, June 18th newspaper to covering a host of urban issues, including slums, urban gardening, and the case for and against cities [links to 9 articles].

July 25, 2006 - The Ottawa Citizen