Community / Economic Development

Must successful cities now be "cities of ideas"?

February 8, 2003 - Smart City

Why are Europeans apparently poorer than Americans?

February 8, 2003 - The Economist

Sierra Vista, Ariz., is leaning on its communal bonds as massive troop deployment saps the town's businesses.

February 5, 2003 - The Christian Science Monitor

Ikea's plans for a megastore are blocked.

February 4, 2003 - Home Town Advantage Bulletin

Civic Economics explores the pros and cons of chain retailing on local economies.

February 4, 2003 - Civic Economics

Hollywood Boulevard is ground zero in the new battle against crime and urban blight.

February 3, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

The Asheville Citizen-Times begins a series on the renaissance of downtown Asheville, NC, and its future.

January 28, 2003 - Citizen-Times

A proposal to use giant rubber dams in L.A.'s river would create a new artificial lake in Downtown Los Angeles.

January 26, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

Big retailers are opening smaller stores after realizing that not everybody likes shopping at a "superstore."

January 25, 2003 - The New York Times

The Massachusetts State Supreme Court is to hear a case on whether a community essentially accepted a bribe to construct a power plant.

January 23, 2003 - The Boston Globe

The Dean of the University of Michigan's architecture and urban design school shows the power urban design charrettes in Detroit.

January 22, 2003 - The Detroit Free Press

Does $27 million in public subsidy for a superstore make for good economic development policy?

January 21, 2003 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

After years of efforts, could an influx of gay residents finally revitalize downtown Detroit?

January 16, 2003 - The Boston Globe

The City of Soap Lake, WA, is considering a towering 60-foot-high lava lamp in the center of downtown to revive tourism.

January 15, 2003 - CNN

In a county that nearly doubled in population between 1990 and 2000, a 944-page revision to the zoning codes that dramatically reduces the permitted density.

January 15, 2003 - The Washington Post

A look at the "Aspenization" of Park City and other towns.

January 14, 2003 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Concentrating the poor is misguided public policy.

January 12, 2003 - Urban Land Magazine

A new publication takes a different look at the future of cities and suburbs.

January 11, 2003 - The Baltimore Sun

If you had predicted five years ago that downtown Norfolk would have traffic problems as a result of valet parking, residents would have laughed at you.

January 8, 2003 - Virginian Pilot

Peter Heyrman comments on the 'burbification' of Annapolis.

January 8, 2003 - The Washington Post