Community / Economic Development
Higher Ground, Healthier, Denser Life In New Orleans?
Could forced relocation to safer ground improve the city's communities, or will its costs disproportionately impact the poor?
Older Suburbs In Cleveland Need Work
Cuyahoga County's woes figure prominently in a new report that calls for addressing the growing needs of older suburbs.
Kotkin To Florida: Being Cool Is Not Enough
Dense, arty neighborhoods have failed to attract talent and capital, writes Joel Kotkin. What people really want is affordable space.
Loathing And Dread: A New Orleans Theme Park?
Will the frenzy of New Orleans' 'defiantly idiosyncratic character' be replaced by a few tame, touristy neighborhoods like the 'Disneyfied Vieux Carre'?
New Hope For Old Suburbs
This editorial from the New York Times highlights the findings of the newly released Brookings study and calls for more investment and collaborative planning in these communities.
The Growing Cultural War In New Orleans
Urban design efforts in New Orleans run 'headlong into the politics of race, class, and power'. Will the new New Orleans be a smaller, wealthier, and less diverse place?
Toronto's Waterfront Revitalization Gaining Momentum
It might have required a jolt from an audit of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, but there is increasing evidence that plans to spruce up the area are working.
Race At The Mall
Brooklyn's Fulton Street Mall is a shadow of its former self. How will it attract a 'new clientele' without focusing solely on whites, and the possibility of gentrification?
Last Of Los Angeles' Movie Palaces
Even with a downtown revival, Los Angeles cannot attract amenities such as movie theatres.
Historic Theater To Be Reborn As Asian American Center
Downtown Los Angeles's urban development gets a boost with a new theatre, as movies, live performances, cultural events, and even Karaoke are planned for the center, developed in partnership with ImaginAsian Entertainment.
New York's First Suburbs
The New York Times focuses on the New York metro area; the region will seek federal legislation to assist these declining suburban communities.
Clinton, Katz Comment On 'First Suburb' Report
The nation's older, inner-ring 'first suburbs' are often bypassed by policies that direct government assistance elsewhere, as discussed by Senator Hillary Clinton and Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution.
One-Fifth Of The Nation: America's First Suburbs
Neither fully urban nor completely suburban, America's older, inner-ring, 'first' suburbs have a set of challenges very different from those of the center city and fast growing newer places, according to a new Brookings Institution report.
'McMansions' Center Of Debate
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin has called for a sweeping update of the city's zoning ordinance in the face of the 'McMansionization' of some of the city's intown neighborhoods.
Funding Non-Profits Through BIDs
In Philadelphia, small non-profits can force payment from area businesses and owners through Business Improvement District regulations.
San Antonio's Economic Pillar: The Military
What does the newest base closing order mean for San Antonio? The Alamo City is nervous about losing more of its military installations.
Lessons From Stadium Planning
Expert sports economist Mark Rosentraub analyzes lessons learned from D.C.'s recent stadium deal.
Can A Sports Team Define A City?
Pittsburgh lives and dies with the Steelers. Good thing they won.
The Latest Olympic Urban Renewal Project
How will Torino capitalize on the international attention to revive its fading industrial economy?
A Wal-Mart Grows in Wyoming
I don't know how long my family's printing company can survive, since Wal-Mart moved into my town and displaced most of the local businesses, writes Kat Smyth.
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
