Community / Economic Development
Wal-Mart Forced To Prove The Value Of Its Supercenters
Next month, voters in Contra Costa County, CA, will decide if Wal-Mart supercenters belong in their community.
Is Gambling A Solution For California?
The Golden State considers whether more Las Vegas-style gambling is an answer to its giant budget shortfall.
Is Licensing Street Performers A Good Solution?
Would a city ordinance that regulates the bleak street performing scene in the City of Baltimore be an impetus for its growth and enliven the city streets? Or would it have a crippling effect?
Supermarket Darwinism
Detroit-area supermarkets are shrinking in face of "wholesale stores" with Walmart still to come.
Houston's Focus On Planning Gets Noticed
A Super Bowl visitor to Houston writes that although the city's reputation for visual blight is deserved, the city is catching on to good city building.
BIDs: An Export Innovation?
The mayor of Hamburg, Germany's second city, promotes the idea of "business improvement districts".
What Makes A City Feel Real?
Can a city experience be packaged and delivered? Or is it something that just happens with the right combination of serendipitous elements?
Melbourne Named World's Best City
Report by London-based Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranks Honolulu 19th, making it the top U.S. city.
E-Government: The Next Big Thing In Tech
Federal government contracting is "the last frontier in the technology sector," and New Orleans may finally emerge as a technology center.
Fear And Redevelopment At Brooklyn's Red Hook Waterfront
Workers and residents wait to learn the fate of their neighborhood and their livelihoods.
Wal-Mart's Costs Can't Always Be Measured
A columnist points out problems with a recent EDC study of Wal-Mart's impact on Los Angeles' economy.
One City's Ship Is Sinking
One man is using Long Beach's most famous landmark, the Queen Mary, as leverage for his personal financial transactions.
Baghdad Or Salt Lake City
Curtis Johnson explains the challenges in applying planning principles in Baghdad.
Lowering Standards For Economic Revitalization?
A columnist argues that some black leaders' embrace of Wal-Mart and its low wages in poor neighborhoods sends the wrong message.
Southern California: New Gambling Mecca?
Southern California could become one of the nation's biggest gambling centers as a result of a gaming battle being fought between card clubs and casinos run by Indian tribes.
Richard Florida: An International Creative Class War
The United States is becoming less attractive to the creative class, writes Richard Florida, while cities in other countries are becoming new magnets.
A New Trend In Urban Revitalization: The Elderly
Two Southern California cities are looking to attract the elderly to revitalize their downtowns. Is this a new national trend?
A Successful Downtown In The Land Of The Car
A successful downtown works hard to stay relevant.
Research Around The World Links Religion To Economic Development
Harvard sociologists study the correlation between regional religious beliefs and economic performance.
Wal-Mart Wars
Reason Jacobs Fellow Ted Balaker explains how banning big box stores like Wal-Mart actually harms families.
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.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
