The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Homeless advocates say a sharp increase in homelessness is caused by a housing crisis and economic hardships.

December 23 - The New Standard

System reliability blamed on lack of dedicated funding.

December 23 - The Washington Times

Climate change, the resurgence of nuclear power and oil politics lead Newtopia Magazine's list of under-reported stories in the mass media in 2004.

December 23 - Newtopia Magazine

'Collaborative governance' gives all parties with a stake in a public problem a say in how to resolve it.

December 23 - The Christian Science Monitor

Program to boost home ownership also helps cities.

December 22 - Michigan Land Use Institute

D.J. Waldie examines the Los Angeles suburb of Lakewood as it celebrate its 50-year anniversary as a city.

December 22 - The Los Angeles Times

Driven by a robust growth in target market segments -- such as natural/organic, ethnic and gourmet stores -- the average size of a supermarket in the U.S. decreased to 34,000 feet in 2003, taking the size of new stores below 40,000 for the first time in 1

December 22 - Food Marketing Institute

A group of homeowners fund the purchase and elegant redesign of a house as an alternative to 'McMansions' in Coconut Grove.

December 22 - The Miami Herald

A $1.3 billion redevelopment project faces another hurdle: a lawsuit over its lack of affordable housing.

December 22 - GlobeSt.com

With waterfront real estate prices rising, more buyers are purchasing their own private islands.

December 22 - Wall St. Journal

Smart Growth is unlikely to work if it does not come to terms with reality.

December 22 - Expansion Management

US, Canada, and several states join forces to tackle everything from sewage to mischievous species.

December 22 - The Christian Science Monitor

Baseball again on track to make D.C. home.

December 22 - The Washington Times

A new Reason study suggests thatstate and local government restrictions are discouraging theconstruction of new private schools and driving up tuition prices.

December 22 - Reason Public Policy Institute

Howard County, Maryland will soon convert farm pasture into an expansive mixed-use community in the image of old-town America.

December 21 - The Baltimore Sun

Columnist J.D. Bullington makes a compelling argument about why New Mexico's Rio Grande communities should be linked by rail.

December 21 - The Albuquerque Tribune

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<td>Exciting improvements in planning are possible when GIS tools are used in combination with public participation tools such as keypad polling. During a comprehensive plan update meeting in Hayden Colorado, flip charts were <img src="http://placematters.us/TechTalk/Slide1.jpg" alt="" width="150" align="left" border="0" hspace="2" vspace="2">replaced with computerized systems and keypad voting tools to gather resident input on a proposed development and future growth. CommunityViz and GIS were used to analyze the impacts of growth and to create a visualization of what the proposed development would look like in the landscape.

December 21 - Ken Snyder

What is the impact of graffiti on the urban experience?

December 21 - Maisonneuve

Sandy Sorlien continues the MainStreet Diary series with a visit to Fort Worth, a city in the midst ofrebuilding and revitalization.

December 21 - The Town Paper

Breaking the chains and building a greenbelt based economy in Ontario.

December 21 - Now Toronto