Community / Economic Development
Reinventing A Beleaguered Mill Town
How Kannapolis, N.C., is adjusting to the loss of thousands of textile jobs abroad.
Can Mill Towns In The U.S. South Be Saved?
Small factory towns across the South are threatened by globalization.
The Creative Class Backlash
An amused and exasperated Richard Florida explains that his theories are based on economic development principles.
Florentine Renaissance In Aurora, Colorado
Twenty-five years of redevelopment efforts in "Original Aurora", the downtown of Colorado's third largest city, are coming to fruition with an emerging arts district.
Kevin Starr's Seventh Volume On California
Kevin Starr has added a seventh volume to his history of the nation's most populous state.
Seattle: The New Biotech Hub
Billionaire Paul Allen suggests that Seattle is destined to become the nation's biotechnology hub.
Fighting Off The Chains In Chicago
Traditional urban business district demonstrates the economic impact of local retail, restaurant, and service businesses.
Transforming Slums Into Garden Neighborhoods
A pilot project will plant gardens in some of the world's worst slums in an effort to create urban agriculture centers.
Local Shops Build Healthy Economies
Chicago business district releases impact study and policy proposals.
From Rust Belt To Arts Mecca
Pittsburgh reaps the benefits of its 20-year investment in a downtown cultural district -- and in the vitality of its young people.
Rise Of The Ethnoburbs
Suburbs are becoming more diverse. These "ethnoburbs" are changing the social, cultural and political fabric of our cities in a profound way.
Big-boxes Enter The Big Apple
K-Mart, Home Depot, and Target are now targeting New York City with their eye on expanding to other cities.
Bold Plans For St. Louis
St. Louis has a new planning director.
Pulling Apart: Economic Segregation In Major Metro Areas
A new analysis of census data finds that economic segregation among municipalities is rising, but trends vary significantly across time and in different regions of the country.
Praise For Greater Cleveland's First Suburbs Consortium
Following the lead of first-ring communities that ring Cleveland, older suburbs across Ohio and throughout the country are forming alliances to fight for survival.
The Wal-Mart At Teotihuacan?
Wal-Mart begins construction on a new store north of Mexico City, next to the pyramids of the ancient city of Teotihuacan. For some, the symbolism is too great as Wal-Mart becomes Mexico's largest private employer.
Downtown Mobile Has High Hopes In Cruise Ship
Can Mobile, AL make a successful transition from an industrial harbor, to a tourist destination?
How Planning Turned City Around After Earthquake
Fifteen years after Loma Prieta, the Chronicle describes how a devastating earthquake forced squabbling Santa Cruz factions to come together to save downtown.
'Economic WMDs' Destroying America's Landscapes
Author Wendell Berry mourns the stripping of rural America for its resources, and the gutting of its cities through perverse incentives, thoughtless subsidies, regulatory malfeasance and other "economic weapons of mass destruction."
World's Most Competitive Countries
Finland leads the list of the World Economic Forum's most competitive economy in the world. The U.S. is number two.
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.
Tyler Technologies
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
