Rhode Island
Eminent Domain Used to Save Summer Camp
Representatives in North Providence, RI are attempting to save a site used for a camp for inner-city youth from developers, and may resort to using eminent domain to do so.
Friday Funny: No Kitchen, But Close To The Food Court
The leader of an artist's collective was recently charged with trespassing after he was found by security guards inside a small furnished room his group had secretly built more than four years ago on mall property.
State Housing Agency Pledges Millions To Preserve Open Space
Housing advocates, public officials, and urban planners have joined forces in Rhode Island with a pledge of $10 million to support the preservation of open space by building more dense, mixed-use communities.
Living In A Food Desert
Researchers in Rhode Island find that residents in many parts of the state lack easy access to food.
New England's Growth Rate Trails Nation's
The New England region's population growth rate continues to drop below that of the nation as a whole, measuring at a rate of just 0.2 percent between July 2005 and July 2006. This compares with a national growth rate of about 1 percent.
Coastal Development Strangling Ocean Life In New England
A study released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that nutrient pollution in New England and the Gulf of Maine has increased over the last 15 years, due to pesticide use, stormwater runoff, and sewage leaks.
Rhode Island Working To Help Seniors Age In Place
Even with variety of housing options for seniors, the state still has a long waiting list for units affordable to low-income people.
Public Housing In Providence Improves
After decades of ill-designed public housing that kept a clear line between the low-income and everyone else, a new movement is collecting momentum for more accurately integrating public housing into neighborhoods while protecting their character.
Inclusionary Zoning Approved In Rhode Island
A Rhode Island Planning Board has approved regulations requiring developers to build affordable houses in all projects over 6 units.
New Life For An Old Providence Mill Complex
The opening of the Promenade at the Foundry, a 220-unit redeveloped rental complex in Providence's mill district, underscores Providence's continuing revitalization.
New Rail Line Will Link New England Cities With Airport
The planned $222.5 million transit hub will seamlessly link T.F. Green Airport with Providence and Boston by 2009.
Costs Drive Developer Away From Steel, Towards Concrete
Though more expensive than steel, a New England developer is finding more long term value in the use of concrete.
Providence's Downcity District Comes Of Age
New England's second biggest city is experiencing a wealth of revitalization, and nowhere else is it more evident than in downcity, a district reconceptualized by Andres Duany in the 1990's.
Time For Rail In New England
The region's transportation network is beginning to buckle under the strain of auto-dependence, write Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson.
Balancing Housing Growth with Rural Preservation
Scott Wolf, executive director of Grow Smart Rhode Island, proposes a "bold" strategy for maintaining Rhode Island's rural communities.
Rhode Island Urges School Districts To Plan Smarter
Rhode Island Department of Education promotes 'Smart Growth' principles in School Facilities Planning Guidelines.
Rhode Island's New Planner
Kevin M. Flynn is named to lead Rhode Island's Planning Division.
Univ.To Drop Community Planning Department
Citing economic reasons the University of Rhode Island announced that it will begin the process of closing down one of two publicly funded graduate planning programs in New England.
Historic Tax Credit Quantified
A new study quantifies a substantial return on historic tax credits in Rhode Island.
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.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
