Community / Economic Development
Community at Your Doorstep
Fewer residents are venturing outside their homes to patronize local businesses as home-delivery services increase.
Thinking Out Of The Big-Box
This article describes the woes caused the increasing number of empty retail big boxes in our communities and presents some strategies for rehabilitation and re-use, including conversion into more profitable retail activities.
A New Trend Transforming Strip Malls
With developable land in Southern California's urban core at a premium, underperforming strip malls are becoming a popular target for mixed use development.
Evolving Immigration Hotspots
Shifting domestic economics are reshaping immigration patterns in the United States.
Borders' New Frontier
In what may be part of a larger trend, book chain Borders moves into underserved neighborhoods.
A New Urban Benchmark: Amenity Dollars (AA$)
AA$ measures the financial ability of a city's citizens to increase their education, start new businesses, and support urban amenities.
Rooftop Seat + Night Games = Lovable Winners?
A revenue-sharing deal with rooftop owners near Wrigley field could give the Chicago Cubs their first World Series in nearly a century.
Should Wal-Mart Supercenters Be 'Banned' in Los Angeles?
Writer questions efficacy of potential wholesale ban on Wal-Mart 'supercenters' by the Los Angeles City Council.
Does Gentrification Preclude Diversity?
The seventh-largest US city typifies 'new urbanism' and growth. But some fret about squeezing out the poor.
Fierce Grocery Competition Ends Fred Meyer
Southern California isn't the only region worried about Wal-Mart Supercenters.
Real Cost Of Michigan's School Construction Boom
A new report offers a detailed assessment of how school construction decisions are made in Michigan, and their effect on development patterns.
Michigan's 'Cool Cities' Initiative
For Kalamazoo, efforts to be a 'cool city' are a solid economic development strategy.
Empire Zones Program Returns 'Pathetic'
One of New York State's most popular economic-development program doesn't meet expectations.
Another Hostile Take Over Attempt By Comcast?
Comcast, plans for a new headquarters skyscraper in Philadelphia, which would use public subsidies that were intended to be used for cleaning up blighted neighborhoods.
Detroit Looks To Youth To Rebuild For The Future
Detroit's City Council creates a young adult task force.
The Wal-Mart Tragedy
Floyd J. McKay say Wal-Mart is like a "neutron bomb, sucking life out of small towns."
Searching For The Ideal Downtown
Using surveys and town meetings, as well as other citizen input, to chart the future of downtown Pheonix city leaders develop a vision for the city center.
Wal-Mart: A Misleading Debate
In a growing economy, somebody is going to get hurt.
Why Is Baseball Disappearing From Inner Cities?
Why is an American "urban ritual" disappearing from the nation's inner cities?
L.A. Report On Wal-Mart 'Fundamentally Flawed'
The Center for Regional Employment Strategies critiques of the Los Angeles EDC's Wal-Mart report as "fundamentally biased."
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
