Community / Economic Development
Money Magazine's Best Places To Retire
Eight cities made this year's list of communities ideal for those looking to retire.
Development Options After Loss Of Downtown Jobs
As the owner of the flagship department store in Portland, OR, clears out its downtown offices, the ponders the possibilities.
Ashland, OR: Small Town With Big Town Flare
Micropolitans like Ashland, OR, offers urban compactness and conveneices without being a metropolitan center.
Bay Area Should Adopt Smart Growth
Smart growth, says Steve Heminger, is good business for the Bay Area and its people.
Transforming Downtown Into Uptown
Following the examples of cities and towns like Raleigh and Cary, developers Wake Forest, NC want to transform vacant downtown buildings into upscale shops.
How The 'Creative Class' Is Shaping Our Cities
The most ingredient for a successul city is a vibrant "creative class."
Serious Health Problems In Los Angeles' Inner City
Ten years after the Los Angeles riots, South-Central and adjacent neighborhoods suffer chronic health problems.
Public Investment In Private Projects
The Smart City Radio Show focuses on the case study public investment in private projects in Portland, Oregon.
Study Finds Wide Racial Disparities In Mortgage Costs
A study by the Center for Community Change found wide racial disparities in the cost of mortgages -- black and Hispanic homeowners are paying higher interest rates than whites with comparable incomes.
Top Ten Great College Towns
A new listing of great college town communities based on arts and culture, recreation, intellectual activity, historic preservation and cost of living.
Blighted Philly Neighborhood Given A Rebirth
Former residents visit their old neighborhood to see how it changed for the worse before it changes for the better.
Envision Utah: A Leader In Visionary Planning
Daniel Burnham Award given to a grass-roots movement for creating a land use plan addressing environmental and econmonic concerns.
Valuing America's First Suburbs
This report finds that most policies overlook the needs of first suburbs and calls for reforms to help strengthen their health before they become the next ring of decline.
Rebuilding Los Angeles
Ten years after the Los Angeles riots, the city has made "remarkable gains" in rebuilding itself.
L.A.'s Demise Greatly Exaggerated
Joel Kotkin examines Los Angeles in the decade following the 1992 riots. L.A. is still not a paradise, but it's better.
Major Forum Scheduled To Discuss WTC Site
Organizers plan to hold an "electronic town meeting" with up to 5,000 participants in the next installment of the contentious public involvement aspect of the WTC planning process.
WTC Planning Agencies Make Amends
Up for re-election in November, Governor Pataki facilitates the resolution of turf rivalries between the Port Authority of NY/NJ and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation in an attempt to speed the planning process.
The City That Went From Rags To Tech Riches
The City of Austin, Texas and its transformation from a oil and cattle town to a leading technopolis stands as a model for cities looking to strengthen and diversify their economy.
Saving Silicon Alley: The Key To Lower Manhattan's Future
Pundits may be underestimating both the New York tech community's persistence and its critical importance to the future of the city.
A Victim Of Globalization?
What is the impact of globalization on the nation's small towns?
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
