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.
Arizona Parks Suffering At Hands Of Looters
Trying to keep visitors and entrepreneurs from stealing from Arizona's understaffed national parks is a losing battle.
The Importance Of The Creative Economy
A new report finds that the "creative economy" is probably the second most important part of the city's economy behind the financial sector.
20 Years After Billy Joel's 'Allentown'
Twenty years after Bill Joel detailed the region's troubles in his famous single, 'Allentown', the region has grown and diversified its economy.
The Battle For Local Control Of Housing Elements
The California State Association of Counties provided the latest battlefield in the war of words over the state housing element law.
How Does The Media Cover Regionalism?
Regionalists have a lot of mountains to climb -- starting with daily newspaper, the very voice they'd expect to champion their cause, writes Neal Peirce in his weblog.