Virginia
Gindroz Shapes Norfolk Revitalization
If it weren’t for Pittsburgh-based urban design consultant Ray Gindroz, Norfolk’s celebrated revitalization might never have materialized.
Can The Nation's Pre-Eminent Edge City Turn Into A Real Downtown?
Tyson's Corner, the commercial district in suburban Washington, DC featured in Joel Garreau's classic book Edge City: Life on the New Fronter, has plans to become a real downtown.
Can Neighboring Municipalities And Counties Cooperate?
Robert Norfleet, a retired banker, asks if local governments in the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area can cooperate across jurisdictional boundaries, even when conflicts and disputes arise.
Property Rights, Downzoning, And TDRs
Loudoun County, Virginia, continues to try to balance land preservation and growth pressures, but can't use tools that work because of Virginia's hardcore property rights bent.
Can Surveillance Cameras Deter Crime?
Crime-ridden cities are installing surveillance cameras to prevent crime.
Virginia Beach's Green Line
Virginia Beach has relied on a strong municipally enforced boundary to stop sprawl. But pressure is mounting to open the 'green line.'
Does 'Downzoning' Work?
The story of how a remarkable 'downzoning' effort to save the Occoquan Reservoi
Numerous Lawsuits Challenge Slow-Growth Plan
Loudon County's high profile growth management plan challenged by nearly 200 simultaneous lawsuits.
The Fatal Flaw In Open Space Preservation
How long does land preservation really last? Should a dying man's will forever constrain his property?
Zoning Revision Reveals New Attitudes Toward Growth
In a county that nearly doubled in population between 1990 and 2000, a 944-page revision to the zoning codes that dramatically reduces the permitted density.
Downtown Norfolk A Victim Of Its Success
If you had predicted five years ago that downtown Norfolk would have traffic problems as a result of valet parking, residents would have laughed at you.
Civil War Site Faces Development Battle
A fight is breweing in Virginia for development rights on to build a town on the site of general Robert E. Lee's greatest victory.
Marketing The New Urbanism
The Town Paper profiles Peter Katz and his efforts to build and market new urbanist communities.
Controlling Growth In Virginia
The Peidmont Environmental Council faces its biggest challenge: curbing growth in "developer-friendly" Virginia.
Virginia's Quest For Transit Solutions Continues
With the failure of an effort to pass a transportation tax, Virginia is looking for less expensive solutions.
Reviving Richmond's Streetcars
As a tool to revive downtown, a retail broker pushes electric streetcars in Richmond.
Parking Spot Battles
Apartment dwellers and owners of single-family homes clash over street parking.
Plugged In To The Sun
A solar house in the Virginia suburbs of D.C. lights the way for "zero-energy" development.
Technology Aids Remote Renovation
Homeowners renovate their Virginia home remotely from Africa.
Old Neighborhood To Disappear in A High-Density Suburban Renewal
A developer in Northern Virginia is buying up the lots in an older subdivsion and plans to raze the houses and build a new high density community.
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.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
