Community / Economic Development
Picking Up The Pieces: Organizing After Katrina
Displaced and overwhelmed, three major organizing networks provided immediate aid to Hurricane Katrina evacuees, and began working for long-term, equitable recovery. Will they be able to rise to the human and political challenges?
Modernist Demolition For Venice Biennale
Demolition of the ostensibly failed modernist development Punta Perotti in Bari, southern Italy, was completed on April 2, to make room for the 10th International Architecture Exhibition (includes videos).
California's Economic Development Support MIA
Since the state dismantled its economic development agency, its piecemeal efforts compare poorly to other states' coordinated strategies, as shown in the state's poor showing at the biotech industry's largest trade show.
Wal-Mart Enters Cities
A new company initiative calls for over 50 new stores in blighted urban areas, with the promise of help for local businesses and chambers of commerce.
'Eminent Domain Saved My Business'
A St. Paul small business owner credits the local development tool with revitalizing his neighborhood, and pleads to others to resist anti-eminent domain campaigns.
Immigrants Keep New York City Alive
While other cities have struggled with loss of population and cultural attractions, the steady influx of immigrants to the Big Apple keeps the city prospering, according to this editorial.
Small Cities' Tax Systems Kowtow To Developers
Through reliance on tax revenue and tax increment financing (TIF) projects, small cities must attract developers to sustain themselves, according to this op-ed.
Missouri Moves Closer To Eminent Domain Restrictions
The bill advancing through the state House distinguishes between eminent domain justifications, from tax revenue to blight removal.
Off The Grid: India's Tent City
Over a million struggling families surround a state capital in tents, not registered on any government lists for educational or welfare services.
Yosemite, Sponsored By Target?
Controversy erupts over a plan to let corporate donors display their names and logos at attractions like Yosemite.
Macedonia Plans Nationwide Quantum Leap Toward Wireless
About 96 percent of the country's population lacks access to computers and the internet, but an ambitious government plan aims to reverse the trend and spur the economy.
Wal-Mart Goes Organic
The retail giant plans to offer organic produce, but how will the move impact the nation's farmers?
'Green, Clean And Iconoclastic'
Why Salem, Oregon, is poised to succeed in the emerging 'knowledge economy'.
Reports Of Tiger Stadium Death Greatly Exaggerated
Detroit News reporters have jumped to conclusions about the failure of area redevelopment efforts and the need to demolish the stadium.
The Geography of Somewhere: Civic Tourism
Author Scott Russell Sanders offers a perspective on how civic tourism can serve to help improve American cities and towns that "feel like jumbles rather than communities, without pattern or purpose."
Atlanta's BeltLine: Favorable or Flawed?
The ambitious park and transit plan for the city shows promise, but will low-income residents be left behind, as has been the case with similar city planning projects?
Drip-by-Drip, Food For Angola
Using advanced irrigation technology imported from Europe and Israel, the war torn country is producing tons of good food for its residents.
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
