Community / Economic Development
South Chicago Neighborhood Is New Hot Property
After over a century of being cut off from Lake Michigan, the southeast side is gearing up for the newest, largest development project in years in the sleepy, working-class neighborhood of South Chicago.
California Fuel Tax Proposal Called Into Question
The proposed measure, which would raise taxes on petrol to fund conservation and alternative energy efforts, is under fire due to benefits it would provide one of its major backers.
Connecting Smart Growth and Economic Development
A new report uses eight different case studies to illustrate the connections between smart growth development and a community's employment sector, wealth, and quality of life.
Urban Fables: The Role Of Storytelling And Imagery In Successful Planning Movements
New Urbanists and pro-property rights advocates have made good use of both allegory and myth to capture the attention of planners and the public.
How The Casinos Hit The Jackpot In Biloxi
Despite a critical housing shortage and badly needed road repairs, the city of Biloxi sees an influx of casinos due to a change in state legislation.
Upscale Suburban City Looks At Options For Creating Affordable Housing
Planning commissioners from Santa Clarita, California, have recent visited several Southern California cities with affordable housing ordinances in hopes of gaining insight for a possible inclusionary housing ordinance.
Ten Principles for Creating Value from Local Government Property
Local authorities in the UK are responsible for around £130 billion of real estate. Arguably, this asset base represents the largest untapped resource in local government.
An Interview With Taubman's Dewar On Brownfields Redevelopment
Margaret Dewar is a Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. She's researching why CBOs are successful or not in brownfields reuse.
The Wealthy Suburbs of Canada
In the third of its four-part look at Canada's suburbs, the Globe and Mail looks at the growing number of upper class families moving to suburban communities in search of larger homes.
Gentrification: The New York Experience
A new book from Columbia University Professor Lance Freeman documents the changes of two African-American communities in New York City.
Nine Global 'Turnaround' Cities
The world's most successful cities are integrating approaches to social, economic, and environmental issues, as well as addressing governmental concerns.
100,000 Visions For Portland
The City of Portland's mayor has undertaken an effort to get input from more than 100,000 residents about what they want Portland to be. The city's alternative weekly paper, The Mercury has outlined its own vision for Portland's future.
Chechnya Works To Revitalize
Despite a still tenuous political situation, this war-battered region in the Northern Caucasuses of Russia is beginning to show signs of life.
Public Budgets 101: How To Influence Government Spending
For 18 years, the Neighborhood Capital Budget Group has helped Chicago's grassroots community organizations understand where and how their public dollars are spent.
Sex-Offender Free Subdivisions
New trends in home development and technologies are helping people avoid living near a sex offender.
Is Geography Destiny?
BusinessWeek offers a brief overview of Florida's theory and recent work.
Message To Toronto: Make Big Plans
The City of Toronto lacks a grand design, and needs to "think big" if it wants to fulfill its promise, argues a recent column in the Toronto Star.
Convention Center Quandry in Boise
Controversial Boise convention center plans face location and financing hurdles.
Boston To Join, Add To The Wi-Fi Revolution
In an effort to maintain more control over the system and to boost its own economy, Boston plans to depart from the model used in other U.S. cities by turning its Wi-Fi network over to a non-profit organization.
Battle Over Gentrification Rages In Los Angeles
A recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times outlines the issues around "gentrification" using the city's recent wave of downtown redevelopment as a case study.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Ada County Highway District
Clanton & Associates, Inc.
Jessamine County Fiscal Court
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
