Community / Economic Development

Big Boxes Move Into The City

Retailers are adpating to urban areas.

November 26, 2004 - The Philadelphia Daily News

Balancing Rural Lifestyles With A Modern Economy

The theme at Montana's annual state conference on smart growth, was how to blend economic prosperity with smart growth and land-use planning.

November 26, 2004 - Ravali Republic Online

North Africa's Largest Urban Green Space

Bold project transforms a historic but decaying neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, into an impressive urban park.

November 25, 2004 - BBC News

Eminent Domain and Redevelopment

Is emiment domain a valuable redevelopment tool or a way for government to intimidate landowners?

November 22, 2004 - Press-Enterprise

The UK's First Business Improvement District

After more than a decade of study, the first Business Improvement District is approved in the United Kingdom; safety, environment, promotion and transport are priorities.

November 17, 2004 - BBC News

Commuters Get Lion's Share Of Inner City Jobs

The majority of better paying jobs in America's poor inner cities goes to commuters as opposed to local residents.

November 16, 2004 - Business Wire

Is Wal-Mart Good For America?

PBS Frontline asks what is the real cost of Wal-Mart's famous 'everyday low prices'.

November 16, 2004 - PBS

Do Ballparks Really Spur Revitalization?

What comes first, the brew pub or the stadium?

November 16, 2004 - The Washington Post

A Model For Community Entrepreneurship

Mercado La Paloma is an example of a successful program to stimulate small business ownership for dozens of mostly immigrant entrepreneurs.

November 13, 2004 - Los Angeles Downtown News

Mall Industry Giants To Merge

General Growth Properties is acquiring well-known developer the Rouse Company.

November 12, 2004 - The Baltimore Sun

The Art Of An Urban Wasteland

A new Atlanta exhibit chronicles the strange world of China’s ‘scavenger economy.’

November 12, 2004 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

Malicious Gentrification In Atlanta?

New, wealthier residents could be using a neighborhood organization to push out older residents.

November 11, 2004 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

Seattle Region Experiencing A Building Boom

Seattle region commercial construction is roaring back to life, surprising developers, contractors and economists.

November 10, 2004 - The Seattle Times

National Optimism About State Of Cities

MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton argues that Americans have much to be happy about the current state of U.S. cities.

November 5, 2004 - The Washington Post

Creating Economic Superclusters

Powerful urban universities are reshaping metropolitan culture and character.

November 4, 2004 - Urban Land Magazine

Reinventing A Beleaguered Mill Town

How Kannapolis, N.C., is adjusting to the loss of thousands of textile jobs abroad.

November 3, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

Can Mill Towns In The U.S. South Be Saved?

Small factory towns across the South are threatened by globalization.

November 2, 2004 - Bacon's Rebellion

The Creative Class Backlash

An amused and exasperated Richard Florida explains that his theories are based on economic development principles.

November 2, 2004 - The Plain Dealer

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.

October 29, 2004 - Aurora Daily Sun & Sentinel

Kevin Starr's Seventh Volume On California

Kevin Starr has added a seventh volume to his history of the nation's most populous state.

October 27, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

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.

Associate/Senior Planner

Gallatin County Department of Planning & Community Development

Senior Planner

Heyer Gruel & Associates PA

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100 Most Influential Urbanists

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Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

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