The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

California's affluent suburbs remain enticing for retailers. And for most of these cities, the "big box" remains the Holy Grail.

January 11 - California Planning and Development Report

The Congress for the New Urbanism publishes a report on the obstacles and solutions for financing new urbanism projects.

January 11 - Fannie Mae Foundation

Homeowners in the Queens borough of New York City want the neighborhood to be designated a historic district to control development.

January 11 - CNN

Proposal will enable state to buy back land threatened by development.

January 11 - The Washington Post

Officials in some cities are concerned about new rules proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- tough standards could force cities to reduce sewer leaks by rebuilding or improving sewers.

January 10 - Orange County Register

Laws and conservation programs have reduced the annual loss of the nation's wetlands by 80 percent.

January 10 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The Supreme Court rules that the Clean Water Act does authorize the government to regulate dumping of solid waste into isolated ponds and wetlands.

January 10 - The Washington Post

New homebuilding in California continues to disappoint.

January 10 - LAEDC Economic Data Global Express (e-Edge)

The Fannie Mae Foundation publishes a practitioner's guide to planning and financing community revitalization.

January 10 - Fannie Mae Foundation

A coalition will pool resources to buy and renovate dilapidated HUD properties, and resell them to low-income buyers.

January 10 - The Los Angeles Times

A PG&E proposal to auction its hydroelectric assets could bring about a new land rush in the Sierra Nevada.

January 10 - California Planning and Development Report

Why flexible rules and reasonable regulators are a builder’s worst nightmare.

January 10 - Reason Online

Many baseball stadiums help bolster sagging downtowns -- but only when they're built as part of a larger revitalization effort, economists say.

January 10 - The Miami Herald

The proposed plan would give more power to local government, but critics declare the plan vague.

January 10 - The Tampa Tribune

The Public Purpose publishes updated statistics and suggests that doubling US public transit ridership is an impossible task.

January 10 - The Public Purpose

Is a superefficient and clean sport-utility vehicle possible?

January 9 - Wall St. Journal

The Twin Cities' transit hubs draw retail and hosing development.

January 9 - BizJournals

If there is an economic slowdown, nobody told Pasadena. A building boom is ongoing there, with no end in sight.

January 9 - The Los Angeles Times

Companies are rushing to downtown Chicago and driving down vacancy rates to lowest in 20 years.

January 9 - Chicago Sun-Times

The Urban Land Institute's smart growth toolkit shows best practices for success.

January 9 - Urban Land Institute