Community / Economic Development
Performing Arts Centers: No Longer Just For Downtown?
An increasing number of suburban jurisdictions are building major art centers.
Urban Revival In Panama
Master plan for Panama’s second colonial-era capital city center calls for “a sustainable, irreversible recovery” of the entire neighborhood.
Federal Government Commits to Smart Coastal Growth
Two agencies sign a memorandum of understanding to promote transportation choices, economic development, and public health.
What Makes Neighborhood Business Thrive?
Cincinnati's Neighborhood Summit looks at small business districts.
Can You Really Plan For A Gay District?
From NPR...one commentator's challenge to Spokane, WA's plan for a "gay district" to attract the Creative Class.
Marching Against Homicide
In Kansas City, a publicity campaign seemed to curtail crime in a bad neighborhood, but will the good times roll?
Philadelphia's Neighborhood Transformation Initiative
The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority is making sweeping changes to city neighborhoods, but at what cost?
Can Crime Be Considered An Epidemic?
An East Baltimore neighborhood has become so violent that one activist wants federal funding for the "epidemic."
NIMBY Or 'Community Buy-In'?
Can a detention center peacefully coexist with neighbors?
New Wal-Mart Brings New Problems
A new Wal-Mart causes traffic jams in Waterville, Maine.
USC Demographic Study Makes Leno Monologue
A new report offers a unique view of California's demographic future, including how the state’s population has changed in the last 25 years.
Planning Hip Retirement Communities
Developers are wooing empty-nesters who want to be where the action is. Just don't call it a retirement community.
Follow The Money
New research by the Michigan Land Use Institute documents for the first time a pervasive pattern of public investment that is encouraging runaway sprawl in Michigan.
The 'Madonna Effect' For Downtown Renewal
Want to improve your downtown? Consider Madonna, and how she reinvents herself every few years.
Planners, Architects Help WIth Tsunami Reconstruction
Architects, planners, and environmentalists assista a community to recover from the devastating impact of the Asian tsunami.
Review: Sun, Sin & Suburbia
"Sun, Sin & Suburbia An Essential History of Modern Las Vegas", by Geoff Schumacher, may be the definitive work about the fastest-growing place in America.
How Cities Bounce Back
A new collection of essays, 'The Resilient City' explores how cities bounce back after a catastrophe.
Yes, It Is About The Artists: The Tacoma Story
How both art and artists helped one city rebuild.
Economic Meltdown in 2005?
A host of economic and political forces are leading to growing concern about the bursting of an "historically unprecedented credit bubble" that could lead to a collapse of the U.S. economy.
New Report Confronts Housing Policy Myths
Twelve national groups sponsor a congressional briefing to rebut three myths undermining a balanced national housing policy in Washington.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Gallatin County Department of Planning & Community Development
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
JM Goldson LLC
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Jefferson Parish Government
Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Claremont
