Community / Economic Development
Urban Sprawl Advances On American Military
The American military finds itself surrounded at home by urban sprawl.
Reversing Baltimore's Brain Drain
A 27-year-old wants to curb Baltimore's brain drain and reinforce community.
Population Growth Doesn't Ensure A City's Properity
"Even in an Internet age, place matters" says Neal Peirce.
Baltimore's Biotech Bid
A low-income neighborhood near Baltimore's John Hopkins University will be demolished in a move to create an office park to lure biotechnology firms.
Powerful Wal-mart
Neal Peirce discusses the impact of Wal-mart's business practices.
Fighting Homelessness: Santa Barbara's Plan
One theory suggests that the nicer a city is to the homeless, the more they attract -- and Santa Barbara has a downright unwelcoming reputation.
Historic Hotel For Sale: What Is The Best Use?
Built in 1925, the Winthrop Hotel was the place to stay when visiting Tacoma - then hard times fell in 1972 and the building was converted over to low-income (Section 8) housing.
CASA Latina: A Home For Seattle's Day Laborers
A non-profit organization, CASA (Centro de Ayuda Solidaria a los Amigos) Latina was developed around the daily gathering of Hispanic day laborers on Seattle's Western Ave. CASA aims to organize, galvanize, and protect the rights of Latino
Wal-Mart Effect Series: Part 3
In the third part in it's hard-hitting series, the Los Angeles Times focuses on the zoning laws local communities are considering to limit supercenters and stores like them.
Too Many Over-55s At The Beach?
Concerns about the local costs of over-55s moving to Australian beachside locations.
Ghost Malls
Just because a mall is dead doesn't mean it's gone.
Wal-Mart vs. Nothing?
As living wage activists and big box developers, like Wal-Mart, clash in economically depressed urban areas like Hartford, many hope that city officials will do the right thing.
Older Suburbs: Distress Or Rebirth
Older suburbs in the Philadelphia region, places such as Norristown, Conshohoken and Pottstown are profiled.
Pennsylvania's Crisis: A Ring of Decline
The Philadelphia Inquirer examines why a high percentage of older suburban towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are on the edge of failing.
Special Series: 'The Wal-Mart Effect'
The Los Angeles Times begins a three-part, hard-hitting look at the devastating effects of Wal-Mart's quest for the ultimate low price.
Sprawl Reduces Available Jobs
Smart growth offers a job-producing alternative to urban sprawl.
Smart Growth: Better Jobs, But Higher Housing Prices?
Does the new report by Good Jobs First about smart growth resulting in better jobs also confirm that smart growth raises housing prices?
Pornography And Urban Renewal
Could Larry Flynt's new Hustler Club in Baltimore generate a vibrant new commercial district?
The Flowering Of Manhattan's Bowery
From first-hand experience, Peter Slatin chronicles the flowering of The Bowery, one of Manhattan's true historic thoroughfares.
One-stop Census Profiles Of 23 'Living Cities'
New "one-stop" guides to key indicators and comparative rankings from Census 2000 are now available for 23 of the nation's largest cities in the Living Cities network.
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
