Community / Economic Development
Top 25 Safest And Most Dangerous Cities
A new report ranks the nation's safest and most dangerous cities.
Growth In The Heartland: Challenges And Opportunities
This report brings together a large body of new information about both the nature and costs of development patterns in the "Show-Me" State.
Remaking Cities
This week's Smart City Radio show features interviews with two men deeply engaged in the tough work of remaking cities.
Community Wins Battle Against Power Plant
A rural community fights a big power plant and wins.
Philly Looks To Expand Downtown Living
With Center City filling up, planners look to neighborhoods ringing downtown.
L.A.'s Mean Streets
Killings on the streets of some parts of Los Angeles leaves residents afraid to walk in their neighborhoods.
Banking On Sports Stadia
Greater Phoenix's West Valley hopes its emerging network of sports facilities will become thriving hubs of activity.
Chicago's Wacker Drive Reconstruction: Behind The Scenes
Denise Casalino, manager of Chicago's Wacker Drive reconstruction, combined engineering, management, and social skills to complete this challenging project.
The Importance Of The Creative Economy
A new report finds that the "creative economy" is probably the second most important part of the city's economy behind the financial sector.
The Man Behind Allentown's Nightmare
Mark Mendelson is hated by Allentown's political leadership and has a long history of battling City Hall. How has he managed to survive?
20 Years After Billy Joel's 'Allentown'
Twenty years after Bill Joel detailed the region's troubles in his famous single, 'Allentown', the region has grown and diversified its economy.
Terrorism Insurance Bill Could Benefit Real Estate
President Bush signed a terrorism insurance law that could provide relief to the real estate industry and jumpstart construction projects held up since last year's terrorist attacks.
Using Parks To Revive Cleveland's Economy
Non-profit and city leaders join forces to revitalize downtown greenspaces.
Place Marketing
How do you market a place? Can a city be sold like soap?
Saving Philadelphia's Waterfront
Successful urban waterfronts come in a variety of forms, but only those with good connections to their downtowns are able to support intense commercial activity.
Urban-rural Clash In 'God's Country'
Utah's Cache Valley grapples with growth and quality of life.
World-Class Medical Campus Planned In Buffalo
The Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus plan forecasts approximately 1.8 million square feet of new clinical and research facilities.
$340 Million Turns Landfill Into Multi-use District
The 343-acre site of a former landfill and public housing project will become a multi-use community including houses, apartments, schools, retail, and a golf course.
Philadelphia's Waterfront Development Dilemma
The siting of the major East Coast Interstate as it passes through Philadelphia destroyed historic neighborhoods and severed the waterfront from the city.
Conventions Aren't Necessarily Good For The City
Hosting a major convention -- as Boston will do when it hosts the 2004 Democratic National Convention -- is no longer an "all-around win that civic leaders portray it to be."
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
