The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

More than 50 trees gracing roadway medians in Fort Lauderdale, FL, must give way to a parade of small airplanes, part of the convention of the Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association that is anticipated to bring up to $10 million to Broward County

October 30 - Sun-Sentinel

Artist Bill Cochran links new urbanism with public art to promote diversity and join neighborhoods.

October 30 - The Town Paper

Somerville is a test case for the proposition that a community can be committed to smart growth in hard economic times.

October 30 - The Boston Globe

After two years of intense planning, Delray Beach's efforts to approve a $36 million, 59 foot high, mixed-use redevelopment complex, with 219 units, 12,300 square feet of shopping and 207 parking spaces -- came to a grinding halt.

October 30 - Sun-Sentinel

Tenants in a mobile home community in Kingston, MA say rent control is the best tool to prevent huge increases in leases on their properties.

October 30 - The Boston Globe

Analysis of the Environmental Impact Statement of the West Eugene Parkway project in Oregon warns of the environmental impacts of the project.

October 30 - Eugene Weekly

In Massachusettts, property taxes for an average single-family home increased by 5.5 percent in 2001, according the numbers released by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue.

October 30 - The Boston Globe

Paper outlines the Los Angeles, CA, business and development community's strategies to solve the affordable housing crisis at all levels: affordable housing, workforce housing and homeownership.

October 30 - Central City Association Of Los Angeles

A strong residential component in an urban mixed-use neighborhood is completing Nashville's downtown renaissance.

October 30 - Urban Land Magazine

Herbert Muschamp comments on the efforts to rebuild Lower Manhattan in New York and discusses the architectural culture of the city.

October 29 - The New York Times

Talk of the Nation features a discussion with experts about alternative energy sources.

October 29 - National Public Radio

One block in San Francisco's Tenderloin district is a microcosm of the challenges involved in planning.

October 29 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Eminent domain -- even to build much-needed schools -- has become a political tool, and not a planning tool in New Haven.

October 29 - New Haven Register

Reconstructing New York may well be the "largest urban redevelopment in American history." Alliances have been formed but the effort lacks a clear plan.

October 29 - The New York Times

Boston's South End development was supposed to be mixed-income, but has left the middle class behind.

October 29 - The Boston Globe

Richard Carson offers a no-holds barred look at what it takes to be a planning director -- and whether you want to.

October 29 - Planetizen

In New Tampa, impact fees have covered only 17% of the costs of new development. The next option is to raise taxes.

October 29 - The St. Petersburg Times

Homestore publishes its ranking of the ten cheapest places in the U.S. to live -- from housing to transportation.

October 29 - Homestore

Roman Catholics in Michigan support a campaign for balanced growth.

October 29 - The Chicago Tribune

FEATURE

Being a planning director means you have to be a political animal. Richard Carson offers a no-holds barred look at what it takes to be a planning director -- and whether you want to.

October 29 - Richard H. Carson