The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The FAA is looking at El Toro, the former Marine airfield, in Orange County as a possible new international airport.

January 4 - The Los Angeles Times

An editorial in the Seattle Times argues that Seattle should bite the proverbial bullet and build light rail.

January 4 - The Seattle Times

Springfield, Ill., is the nation's most affordable housing market and San Francisco is the nation's most expensive.

January 4 - National Association of Home Builders

A vigilante anti-urban sprawl group has claimed responsibility for vandalism of three luxury homes on Long Island.

January 4 - The New York Times

Bush's Choices for Energy, Interior Secretaries are condemned by a conservation group as a step backwards.

January 4 - League of Conservation Voters

The director of Smart Growth America, disputes a New York Times article about a splinter in the smart growth community.

January 4 - The New York Times

FEATURE

Current land use practices are doomed to failure because they rely on zoning that ignores the capacity and function of the community's natural resources.

January 4 - William B. Honachefsky, P.L.S., P.P.

As new malls and condos replace buildings of historic significance, Chicago struggles with the question: What is more important, property rights and progress or preserving architectural heritage?

January 3 - San Jose Mercury News

Some cities in Georgia are creating their own long-term strategies to combat urban sprawl. Critics argue that some "smart growth" ordinances violate property rights and cause other problems.

January 3 - Savannah Morning News

Soaring housing prices are driving the middle class out of the Bay Area; experts and economists warn that the crisis could spread to other parts of California.

January 3 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Vacant land and abandoned buildings can be an economic development resource for cities.

January 3 - The Brookings Institution

Utne Reader publishes its list of the most enlightened town for every American state.

January 3 - Utne Reader

46% of all online consumers have already used the Internet to research real estate related information. Is this the future?

January 3 - Inman News

APA publishes it's January legislative update on public policy issues of interest to planners and communities.

January 3 - American Planning Association

Laguna Niguel has begun to establish a network of wetlands that will treat polluted water and provide habitat for numerous species.

January 2 - Orange County Register

Though the Olymipics were more than 4 years ago, the promise of a downtown Atlanta renaissance is finally becoming a reality.

January 2 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Beverly Rhea works to stamp out spawl in one of the nation's fastest growing regions - metro Atlanta.

January 2 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A park has been proposed for the heart of the city, linking the new concert hall, the cathedral and current buildings.

January 2 - The Los Angeles Times

The Community of Temple Terrace is conducting a pilot program where residents are billed for the trash they generate.

January 2 - The Tampa Tribune

Inman News summarizes its top real estate stories from 2000 -- from online loaning to consumer credit scores.

January 2 - Inman News