Community / Economic Development
A Bold Vision For Transit Future
Planners hope that Detroit's Airport City will take off, lifting the fate of Detroit, and even Michigan, with it.
Mayor Kilpatrick Envisions The 'Next Detroit'
In his annual state of the city address, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick looks to build on the success of last summer's MLB All-Star Game, Superbowl XL, and the recent boom in downtown housing starts.
1960s Urban Renewal Site Still Sits Empty
40 years after the height of urban renewal, politics and real estate market swings have caused a prime 13-acre oceanfront parcel to remain vacant in Hull, Massachusetts. What gives?
Housing Vs. Industry
As California's housing boom continues, finding sufficient land to enable businesses to expand is becoming increasingly challenging. The potential impacts on California's economy will be dramatic.
Property Grab At Hollywood's Hottest Intersection
It's not okay for government to evict property owners in the name of "over-reaching redevelopment," a Los Angeles Times editorial warns.
Detroit's Airport City: Planes, Trains, And Promise
Can you say Super Transit Oriented Development?
Educate, And Revitalization Will Follow?
Kalamazoo, Michigan, has developed a unique plan for revitalization: free college tuition for any student who enters the school system by ninth grade.
Owner's Rights Important In L.A.'s Community Garden Dispute
Los Angeles Times editorial supports property rights in a dispute between a landowner and a group that has created a sustainable community garden in Los Angeles' South Central area.
How To Make Gentrification Work
A recent controversy in Montreal might shed light on how to tame gentrification.
Speedy Permit Process Helps Older Suburbs Redevelop
Michigan's governor rewards six older metro Detroit communities for successful completion of the Michigan Suburbs Alliance Redevelopment Ready Communities Initiative.
Waterfronts Revitalized Across U.S.
From East St. Louis to Louisville, Kentucky, cities are beginning to realize visions of riverfront glory.
Can A Border Fence Curb Illegal Immigration?
Robert Sameulson is uneasy about advocating a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border but believes it may be a way to curb illegal immigration.
Wi-Fi Zones Could Increase Sense Of Community
The wireless internet access areas encourage users to emerge from their homes and go online in more public places.
Detroit May Use Eminent Domain To Build Bridge To Canada
Plans involve razing parts of Delray, one of the poorest white slums in the country.
Do New Stadiums Really Spur Economic Development?
Baseball team owners are having less and less success marketing their teams in new cities, or generating public funding for stadium construction. What gives?
Cities Court Women
As one of the "oldest" states in terms of the average age of its inhabitants, Iowa and its small cities are turning their marketing campaigns toward women, in an attempt to stop "brain drain".
China's Non-Existent Eminent Domain Protections
A rise of new money and power groups in China has widened the gap between rich and poor, urban and rural.
Gentrification Hits Middle America
Many Houston residents are none too excited about recent neighborhood development trends, and feel that the consequences could be dire for historically black neighborhoods.
Traditional Neighborhood Development Soars In Popularity
TND -- often previously relegated to suburban communities like Celebration and Seaside -- is reappearing in inner cities, with positive results.
WSJ's Insider's Guide To Wal-Mart's Home Town
Bentonville, Ark., is the home of Wal-Mart and an "A-list destination for top executives." The economic power of of the County is belied by its rural history, although that is changing as it hurtles "rapidly toward an urban renaissance."
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.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
