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.
When There's Not Much Town To Govern
The Great Plains frontier is faced with shrinking populations and mounting poverty, making government services difficult to deliver.
Curbing Government Use Of SUVs
Massachusettes officials are trimming the number of sport utility vehicles that are used by state officials.
How To Win Land Development Issues
A new book claims to be a 'citizen's guide for handling community problems arising from sprawl' and other development activities.
The New Urbanism Icons
New urbanism, mixed-use, transit-oriented development -- are becoming the new college buzzwords.
Un-plain Ways To Reinvent The Plains
In the search for a new vision for vanishing heartland, rural towns consider digital hubs, wind farms, and a 'buffalo commons'.