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.
Chicago: Planning to Succeed
With Chicago’s Central Area booming, city planners are pleased with the city’s progress and optimistic about its future.
Colorado Springs Is Expanding -- Fast
Developers have sought to add more than a dozen parcels of land, totaling nearly 3,000 acres, to Colorado Springs city limits so far this month.
Chicago's Window of Opportunity
Chicago’s public and private interests have engaged in an unprecedented level of planning and negotiation to realize the city’s newest opportunities.
Why You Can't Afford Not To Be An Environmentalist
With mounting evidence of global warming, the state of the earth's biosphere ought to be a major issue of the 2000 presidential campaign. It isn't.
Amherst IDA Refuses Tax Breaks
A legal fight is looming over the Amherst Industrial Development Agency's refusal to consider tax breaks to two prominent developers.