Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Turning Communities Around
It takes not only retail but plausible scenarios and committed leadership to revive suburbia and the center city.
Chicago's Millenium Park Debacle
Chicago's Millenium park went from a great and simple idea for a central-city park to a public-works debacle.
Redevelopment Gone Bad
A St. Louis suburb mayor sues the city council claiming libel and slandor. The issue? A redevelopment project gone bad.
Crime Prevention Key To New School Design
The new design of schools is to protect students from violience inside the school.
Does Centralized Planning Work?
The failure of the most centralized land use planning system in modern history provides lessons for planners.