Community / Economic Development
The Champion Of Wal-Mart
Michael Mills is not what you might expect out of Wal-Mart's southern spokesman.
An Inner-City Island
New Jersey's Newark Museum is world class, but middle-class fear and suburban sprawl have left it underused.
Reforming Philadelphia's Residential Tax Abatement
While the abatement can be a 'wealth magnet' for the city by generating market value from tax-free properties, the real benefit may be limited to the developers who cash in.
Inland Southern California Leads State In Growth
Riverside and San Bernardino counties continue to attract jobs and residents, some fleeing from the costlier, more congested areas of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties.
The More Eminent Domain, The Better
In Des Moines, eminent domain was a critical tool used to revitalize downtown, and the Kelo decision has put 'that ability under a cloud'.
Global Warming Theatens Ski Industry
The ski industry is already feeling the impact of global warming and is adopting innovative measures to survive.
Eminent Domain: A Cautionary Tale
An eminent domain story from the New Jersey coast illustrates the complexity of the controversial issue.
Big Box Retailers To Anchor Miami's Urban Core
The focal point in Miami's urban revitalization will include at least six large retailers.
Detroit's Super Bowl Facade
As thousands of visiting Super Bowl fans converge on downtown Detroit, city officials are going to great lenghts to cover up the city's blight.
Eyes On The Park
Boston's Violence-Free Zone Initiative will put hundreds of children and families in parks in an effort to flush out recent violence.
The Tenants Movement And Housers
How the tenants movement of the 1970s and 1980s evolved into the housing and community development movement of today.
The Pioneers Of Gentrification
Creative class or not, Philadelphia artists are making a tangible impact on the city's neighborhoods, with support from major donors, and developers looking to cash in.
Innovative Urban Ideas Abound On Gulf Coast
Neal Peirce reviews the flurry of rebuilding ideas taking shape in Katrina-ravaged areas.
New-Market Tax Credits Spur Commercial Growth
Like the low-income tax credit before it, new-market credits are proving essential to the revitalization of American businesses, investing over eight billion dollars to date in low-income areas.
Group Looks To Dump Trump Casino Plan
Members of an underfunded Philadelphia neighborhood protest the gaming investment when basic services, such as a hospital, are lacking.
War On The Poor
From pawnshops to check cashers and rent-to-own stores, usurious companies are exploiting the nation's poor, creating a lucrative 'fringe economy' in the process.
Mississippi Town Prepares For 'New Urbanism'
A small suburban community along the Gulf Coast is learning to embrace New Urbanism and create its first ever town center.
Last Great Frontier: The Third California
Joel Kotkin and William Frey observe how the movement of high-skilled and professional jobs to rapidly growing inland California is changing the region where the "California Dream" is still possible.
Linking Housing And Transportation To Define Housing Affordability
This brief describes a new information tool developed by the Urban Markets Initiative to quantify, for the first time, the impact of transportation costs on the affordability of housing choices.
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
