Community / Economic Development
Engineering Firm Fluor To Relocate To Dallas
In yet another sign of how unfriendly to business Southern California has become, AEC giant Fluor Corp. announces plans to relocate to Dallas.
US Towns Brace For Base-closing Wave
The Pentagon is expected to announce a large number of closings among its 425 domestic bases.
Mexico's Urban Sidewalk Economy
Mexico's bustling (and illegal) sidewalk vendors are one of the greatest source of the nation's employment growth.
The 'Inland Port' Trend
Several California communities are hoping to profit from the rapid growth in Southland shipping by building 'inland ports' to relive chronic congestion.
The No. 1 Place To Do Business
Forbes Magazine rates Boise, Idaho as top draw for cost of doing business and ability to attract talented workers.
Top Ten Places For Business And Careers
Forbes Magazine has released the best and worst metro areas for doing business, job growth, education attainment, and population.
Priming The Market To Bring Back The Neighborhood
Cities and neighborhoods in decline should consider adopting strategies that will change their housing markets for the better, and at the same time preserve affordability.
Meet The New 'Main Street'
Combining elements of the traditional main s street with retail, new "lifestyle centers" springing up in affluent neighborhoods, are gaining back the ground lost by shopping malls in recent years.
Using Schools To Revitalize Communities
So how does government help build stronger neighborhoods? Start by building community anchors: schools, libraries, parks and police and fire stations.
A New Community 3 Miles Off California's Coast
A new company proposes to locate 600 foreign software engineers on a cruise ship moored three miles off the California coast.
Quarries Get Reuse As Housing
Quarry sites around the Philadelphia area are being purchased for their redevelopment opportunities.
Coastal Maine Village Eyes Brownfield Redevelopment
Town ready for a big change after gradually losing the property tax revenues that the Maine Yankee nuclear power plan had generated for so many years.
Network Organizing: A Strategy For Building Community Engagement
In weak market cities where cynicism and dysfunction have become the norm, it takes a different kind of organizing to bring people together to demand change.
Brooklyn's Identity Crisis
The borough, which 'once epitomized working class America,' faces intense gentrification.
What Will New York City Gain By Hosting The Olympics?
Lessons learned from two ambitious World's Fairs hosted by New York City.
West Side Story
Does a stadium have a place in a city's urban revitalization effort?
Is Your Region Entrepreneurial?
The Innovation-Entrepreneurship NEXUS, which includes the complete list of cities and their rank on the Regional Entrepreneurship Index,
Finding That Big-City Feel In Iowa
Hawkeyes discover the appeal of an urban lifestyle.
Boise Is Northwest's Third Largest City
Boise locals find bad, good in Treasure Valley's inevitable growth.
Phoenix: A Great Place To Live?
The fastest growing city in the US gets no love from city officials.
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.
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Nashville Planning Department
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
