North Carolina
A Day In The Life Of A Downtown Ambassador
In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, a new group of citizens are giving their city's image a boost by providing a variety of services, from picking up litter to redirecting lost visitors.
How Do You Brand A City?
The city of Greensboro, North Carolina, is seeking input from residents as it attempts to come up with an innovative way to brand itself.
Cities Hesitant To Extend Planning Boundary
Two North Carolina communities are grappling over whether they should extend their county's planning boundary to include both jurisdictions. Some residents are opposed due to fears of conforming to undesired development standards.
Retirement Migration as an Economic Development Tool
Can retirement migration be a replacement for former industries?
'Hug-A-Thug' Model Wins Praise For Getting Dealers Off The Street
An initiative by the High Point, North Carolina police department has shown results in cleaning up a drug-riddled neighborhood by using "soft" pressure from families and community members to change behaviors.
Charlotte Hopes For Transit-Oriented Development
While the city's light-rail system is plagued with construction delays and cost overruns, developers are waiting in the wings with plans for urban transit villages along the line.
Farmers Use Easements To Protect Land
Housing developments are threatening centuries-old agricultural land in Western North Carolina, but farmers are fighting off developers with the help of conservation easements.
The Path To New Urbanism
Duany, Plater-Zyberk and Company's Director of Town Planning, Tom Low, wasn't always committed to designing walkable communities.
9 Tips For Achieving Energy Independence
A North Carolina based weekly has published a helpful list of ways for residents to reduce their energy consumption.
North Carolina Wetlands Protected, For A Moment
A recent change in the method of calculating the size of developable land took the state's wetlands out of the acreage. The result could have been vastly expanded stormwater-runoff infrastructure requirements for developers. But it wasn't.
Trump Eyes Small NC Town, Locals Begin To Worry
New York City developers, financed in part by Donald Trump, unveil plans to build an 80-foot condominium development in Hendersonville, NC, much to the dismay of locals, who fear losing their small-town charm.
Residents Reject Tax To Preserve Outer Banks
Voters reject tax to stop the thinning sands of the Outer Banks in North Carolina.
Pedestrian Mall Removal Breathes New Life Into Downtown Raleigh
Previously congested with pedestrian and shopping malls, the downtown is enjoying new development after reintroduction of the street grid.
Friday Funny: City Hopes Implosion Will Spark Interest
The City of Raleigh made a P.T. Barnum-like effort to draw attention to the demolition of its old civic center -- and it worked.
A Market Response To Eminent Domain
BB&T, the country's ninth-largest bank, announces that it will not make commercial loans to developers who plan private projects on land seized via eminent domain.
Is New Urbanism Elitist?
Mary Newsom, a Knight Fellow and editor for the Charlotte Observer, responds to criticism that New Urbanism is elitist.
Naval Base Closure Could Impact North Carolina Community
The Asheville Naval Reserve Center played a key role in World War II craft production.
Gentrification Lite
The rich and poor live side by side as city planners and elected officials redevelop Raleigh's toughest 'hoods.
Recovering From Flooding: A Lesson From History
Princeville, NC, is a rural town ravaged by floods throughout the 20th century. Their experiences with natural disasters provides a perspective of what can happen next in New Orleans and other towns near the Gulf.
Want Affordable Housing? Move To Charlotte
New homes and condos are keeping prices at a moderate level, well below the national average.
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
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
