A Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce report offers compelling evidence of the borough's ongoing transformation.
"Brooklyn businesses have been making room for new ones at a feverish pace," according to an article by Peter D'Amato. "Between 2009 and 2014, some 9,600 net new businesses opened in the borough, according to a Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce report released last month. This was twice the rate of openings from 2000 to 2009, when nearly 900 companies launched per year. In 2014 alone, the borough added 2,300 firms, a growth rate of 4.3%, compared with 3.1% citywide."
The article includes an illustrative anecdote about the lengths to which an existing business has to go to make room for one of the newcomers.
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NYC releases new renderings for $5.5 billion Interborough Express
The slated stations will have a modern look, enhanced lighting and improved audio announcements.
NYC needs 700,000 new homes to resolve housing crisis, report states
The report gave every neighborhood a non-binding development target.
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Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.
California plans to bury El Niño’s downpour
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Desperate measures: Advocates weigh draining Lake Powell to fill Colorado River
Draining the reservoir could reduce evaporation losses by a couple hundred thousand acre-feet.
Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax survives legal challenge
A panel of judges found that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate injury as a result of New York City's implementation of the tax.
Eastern Nebraska is running out of electricity
Data centers and electrification are straining eastern Nebraska’s grid, throttling economic development.
Seattle passes record-breaking transit services expansion
Proposition 1 will double the city’s transit tax to add 95,000 more bus trips and preserve 180,000 bus trips annually.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
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