The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

In the midst of a tech boom, the city is looking to implementing smart growth practices to protect open space and agriculture.

March 23 - The Seattle Times

According to Census numbers, in Boston, MA, whites are in the minority.

March 23 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

A decade in the making, the Houston City Council approves an expansion of the city's convention center and new hotel.

March 23 - The Houston Chronicle

After hours of testimony, an Idaho County Planning Commission tossed out proposed restrictions on home-based businesses.

March 22 - Coeur D'Alene Press

Two large commercial real estate Internet companies merge. Is this a turning point for the Internet real estate industry?

March 22 - Inman News

Brownfields bill clears Senate committee; smart growth bills slated for reintroduction.

March 22 - American Planning Association

West Hollywood accepted $5.2 million from a developer of a Sunset Blvd. project. Foes are outraged. Courts say it's O.K.

March 22 - The Los Angeles Times

The new headquarters for the National Wildlife Federation, touted as being a model for environmental design, is criticised for contributing to suburban sprawl.

March 22 - The Washington Post

Museums across the nation are spending $3 billion on new projects. Newsweek reviews designs, architects, and controversies surrounding the nation's unprecedented museum boom.

March 22 - Newsweek

Communities in Metro Detroit embrace New Urbanism to revive downtown areas.

March 22 - The Detroit News

Builders and architects are not doing a good job of selling smart growth strategies.

March 22 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

This paper examines city-suburban fiscal disparities and shows that state tax policies may be exacerbating urban fiscal conditions.

March 22 - The Brookings Institution

Now that the dot-com rush is over, the real estate market in San Francisco is changing. Will the rest of the U.S. follow?

March 22 - REIS

In a dramatic move to spur construction of much-needed multi-family rental housing across the country, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez today proposed that HUD raise the FHA loan limits by 25 percent.

March 21 - HUD News

The Sun-Sentinel seems amazed that people would want to live in downtown and calls new urbanism a fashionable new housing trend.

March 21 - Sun-Sentinel

A resident of Spokane speaks out on the benefits of mixed use in the City's new comprehensive plan.

March 21 - The Sacramento Bee

DWP plans to sell a $25-million conservation easement in the Eastern Sierra, keeping the ownership and water rights.

March 21 - The Los Angeles Times

Philadelphia and Pennsylvania suburbs are behind in meeting their open space preservation goals.

March 21 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Members of the The New Urbanism movement have compiled a list of the most sprawling strips of asphalt and concrete in the nation.

March 21 - Planetizen

Architecture critic Larry Millett discusses a huge new housing development in St. Paul, MN.

March 21 - Pioneer Planet