Community / Economic Development
Top Censored Stories: It's A Wal-World After All
The world-wide impact of Wal-Mart is one of the stories in the last year that were overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the media.
Profile Of Philadelphia's Navy Base Transformation
Philadelphia is planning to turn it's former Navy base into a bustling urban center.
New Towns Prove Sprawl Is Alive And Well
Two new rapidly growing Utah towns grow beyond expectations, and beyond service areas.
Judges Say Manufacturing Tax Credit Is Unconstitutional
A manufacturing tax credit that Ohio used in 1998 to help convince Daimler Chrysler to build its new Jeep assembly plant in Toledo is unconstitutional
Reverse Migration
Entrepreneurs And urban professionals are discovering life in the heartland. Are small cities the new economic cutting edge?
The Urban-Hardship Index
Study identifies cities where it is hardest to survive with a low income.
Poverty Moves To The Suburbs
Peter Dreier discusses the growing poverty in America's suburbs and its possible political consequences.
The Lisbon Strategy: Clean, Clever, Competitive
The European Council has set out to become the world's most competitive economy by 2010, while still focusing on sustainability.
A Successful Anti-Wal-Mart Activist
Towns hire Albert Norman to help keep out Wal-Mart.
Are Rural Prisons A Good Economic Development Strategy?
A columnist explains how the small Texas town of Eden grew to love its private prison.
Form-Based Codes Can Protect Main Street
To strike a balance between retail chains and local businesses, town and cities need to adopt form-based codes.
The Economic Development Impacts Of Hurricane Charley
The mammoth hurricane may give a boost to some businesses, but long-term economic challenges loom.
Suburbs Suffer Greater Manufacturing Job Loss Than City
Experts in Wisconsin try to account for why the greatest number of manufacturing job lost in the metropolitan Milwaukee area were in the suburbs.
Poorest U.S. Cities
Cleveland has the highest poverty rate among America's big cities, according to newly-released Census data.
The Fight For The Future Of The Mall
Will the open-air mall be the future of retail development? A battle in Glendale, CA may herald the future.
Can Rural Town Mississippi Come Back To Life?
What can be done to save rural communities? Young people leave these towns, often never to return.
School And The Suburb
Does the placement of schools encourage sprawl.
How Wal-Mart Changed A Community
Since the residents of Toole, UT first welcomed Wal-Mart fourteen years ago, the community has changed in many ways.
How (Not) To Brand Your City
A public relations expert explains why local governments so often fail to use branding effectively.
Law Bans Barbed Wire Around Public Housing
North Carolina passes a law banning electric or barbed-wire fences around public housing complexes.
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.
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
