Community / Economic Development
Builing A New Orleans For The 21st Century
Community leaders and developers all agree that New Orleans must be built towards the future, but there are many ideas about how to go about doing it.
Business Wisdom in the High Country
A Santa Fe CDC responded to skyrocketing housing costs by becoming a lender and broker while it also preserved and built homes. In the process, the organization developed a more retail-oriented approach to ensuring people’s financial security.
Wal-Mart Winning In Economically Shattered Town
Supercenter opponents are losing their battle against Wal-Mart in a small Midwestern town.
Pro-Growth City Denies Super Walmart
The City of Santa Maria denies a general plan amendment/rezone to allow a Super Walmart store on the outskirts of town. The decision was based on protecting the downtown retail area and not rezoning dwindling industrially zoned land.
Cancun Rebuilds After Wilma
Rebuilding the all-important tourist market hasn't been an easy task for Cancun residents, but Mexico's prosperity depends on it.
How Gentrification Changed A D.C. Neighborhood - Part 2
Part Two of a series on how gentrification is changing the D.C.'s 14th and T neighborhood.
How Gentrification Changed A D.C. Neighborhood - Part 1
Many people who stuck through the hard times are slowly, but steadily either being pushed or bought out.
Latest TOD In Portland: IKEA With 1,200 Parking Spaces
In Portland, known for transit oriented development, a planned big-box development will have easy access to. light rail.
Top 15 Cities For Creative Workers
Fast Company identifies the fifteen top up-and-coming hubs for creative workers.
We Need More than Disaster Planning -- We Need Communities
Ensuring that America's technologically-reliant but vulnerable cities can survive natural disasters and other disruptions may mean that Americans have to look beyond their traditional value of "self-reliance" -- and possibly redefine what it means to be a
Canada's 'City Of The Future'
Toronto and Montreal have both experienced rebuilding booms -- but Montreal is the city to watch in the future says Christopher Hume.
Is Eminent Domain Being Abused As A Hot Button Political Issue?
Mark Alan Hughes takes on politicians who plan to use legislation limiting the use of eminent domain as a means to mobilize voters. Hughes points out that Kelo didn’t really change anything about the use of eminent domain.
Toledo: From Industrial Heartland To Wireless Mecca
America's fifth most 'unwired' city is an example of emerging technology going mainstream, and its potential economic development impact.
One of the World's Most Livable Cities Focuses on People, Not Cars
Between its excellent public transit, its dignified approach to providing for the poor and its emphasis on planning for people, not cars, Curitiba Brazil is one of the world's most livable cities, writes Bill McKibben.
Atlanta's Green Beltline Gets $2 Billion Boost
The massive redevelopment proposal -- which would create an innovative 22-mile loop from an abandoned railroad into parks and transit that connect historic neighborhoods -- now goes before the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.
The Revolution Will Not Be Grant Funded
Community development corporations have become too reliant on foundation grants and public dollars to provide affordable housing and jobs in our communities. But now that the era of giving is ending, we should consider the market as a way to support ourse
America's Brewing Revolution Against Eminent Domain
Homeowners' attorney Scott Bullock talks about the Supreme Court's Kelo v. New London decision and America's brewing revolution against eminent domain.
The Wal-Mart Conference: Is Wal-Mart Good For America?
A year in the making, an independent academic conference about Wal-Mart provides unprecedented information about the company and offers mixed results.
Denver Community Proves There's Life After A Base Closes
Closed 11 years ago, Lowry Air Force Base holds lessons for the latest communities on the BRAC list.
Is Planning Really Good For Philadelphia?
Do planners really have the best interest of the city in mind? Harris Steinberg refutes an Op-Ed by Michael Sklaroff which congratulates planners on their success in the city.
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
