Community / Economic Development
Neighborhood Enterprises
Cities across America are getting a new lease on life through innovative and creative partnerships among increasingly varied public and private interests.
Out With The Old, In With The New
Cleveland's inner ring suburbs could use eminent domain to clear land for new development.
Cities Seek To Block Walmart
Inglewood becomes part of a growing list of cities that seek to ban new Wal-Mart stores.
Beginning A Regional Megacenter
Pyramid Corporation breaks ground on a regional entertainment center in Syracuse, NY.
Plan Revitalizes Neighborhood School Concept
A Dayton, Ohio district plan hopes to strengthen neighborhoods by improving accessibility to schools.
Planners Warn Against Delaying Downtown Decisions
Delays in making decisions about Lower Manhattan could harm the financial service in the area.
Incentivizing Anti-sprawl
New Jersey's Governor wants to control sprawling by directing state money into roads, schools, water and sewer projects in older communities.
The Largest Mall In America?
Destiny USA, with 15 million square-feet at a cost of $2.2 billion, could be the largest retail and entertainment complex in North America.
Downtown Cleveland's Success Story
Cleveland now has the fastest-growing downtown among all midwestern states.
Key Elements Of Downtown Revival
Downtown Kansas City needs to create places so compelling that people can't not go downtown.
Statewide Effort Encourages Neighborhood Parties To Promote Safety And Unity
Hundreds of Arizona neighborhood groups will host parties this Saturday for GAIN (Getting Arizona Involved in Neighborhoods).
City Authorizes Public To Throw Away Nuisance Signs
Kansas City officials are asking municipal workers and the public to remove illegal signs.
Colorful Redevelopment Plan
A $119 million redevelopment proposal with "a huge splash of color" is scheduled to be reviewed by the Kansas City planning commission.
Revitalize Lower Manhattan With A Public Market
A public market get bring economic and social activity to Lower Manhattan while representing the cultural diversity of the victims of the WTC attacks.
Optimizing Downtown Parking And Transit
Part 4 of a six-part series focused on the redevelopment of downtown Kansas City.
Crowded Sidewalks In Detroit?
Concert-goers descended on Detroit streets this weekend to take in more than the shows.
Living On The Edge: Decentralization Within Cities In The 1990s
Most of the nation's largest central cities grew during the 1990s, but population change at the neighborhood level was more uneven. This report shows that population decentralization is occurring even inside city borders.
New Urbanism Transforming Suburbs
Suburban neighborhoods are turning into entertainment destinations.
Challenges For Urban Pioneers In Jacksonville
New residents of Downtown Jacksonville townhomes face urban realities of noise and vagrants.
Demand For Density
New census data suggests that St. Paul and Minneapolis aren't hollowing out at the core like many of their midwestern counterparts.
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
