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.
Impact Fees Promote Growth
One-time charges against new development foster growth by providing an increased and predictable supply of buildable land, according to a Brookings Report.
Housing Code Ruled Illegal
A ruling overturns a provision designed to curb the conversion of single-family homes into rental units in Newark for University of Delaware students.
Oregon Grants Pedestrian Rights
Oregon passes a 'deceptively minor traffic revision' into law that gives pedestrians new rights when they cross the street.
Send Us Your Tourists; Keep Your Brands At Home
Approaching commercial build-out, a gateway community to the Canadian Rockies looks for ways to keep it local by limiting multinational firms.
Latinos Are Largest Minority Group In U.S.
The Census Bureau announces that Latinos are now the largest minority group in the U.S., and accounted for half of the country's growth since 2000.