Community / Economic Development
San Francisco: Tourism Down, Neighborhoods Up
In San Francisco, tourist areas are deserted, while neigbhorhood areas are bustling.
How Lending Impacts Low Income Neighborhoods
The Brookings Institution reports on how changes in the financial services industry affect small business lending in urban areas.
WTC: The End Of Business Clustering?
Until a month ago, financial service firms located in lower Manhattan because of the benefits of "clustering."
Critics Oppose Proposed Intermodal Freight Terminal
Critics of a proposal to building an Intermodal Freight Terminal in Detroit, MI, say it will harm a revitalizing neighborhood. City officials say the terminal is necessary for the city's economic health.
Blending Planning And Community Policing
Local strategies blend community policing and planning in Greensboro, North Carolina and Buffalo, New York.
Rebuilding Downtown Manhattan
This editorial looks at how downtown Manhattan can re-establish its status as the nation's financial capital and heal a neighborhood.
Transit Helps Rural Tourism In Texas
A nonprofit organization is hoping to rebuild a 14-mile train from Teague to Mexia to boost tourism in the area.
Companies Look For Office Space Away From Wall St.
After the attack on New York's World Trade Center, some of the nation's largest companies are searching for office space away from downtown Manhattan. Will they come back?
Agritainment: From Farm To Entertainment
Faced with difficult economic times, farmers are finding entertainment uses for their farmland.
Book Review: My Life As Told By Water
Author David James Duncan writes thought-provoking essays about environmental issues.
Community Development Credit Unions
Community Development Credit Unions (CDCUs) may be the best vehicle for providing affordable capital and financial services in low- and very low-income areas. So why can't there be more of them? This article seeks to answer that question.
New Community Design: An Alternative To Sprawl
A report titled "New Community Design To The Rescue" presents a strategy called "New Community Design" that the reports says will encourage "mixed-use, mixed-income, walkable development that is distinctly different from sprawl."
National Governors' Association Releases Policy Prescription
A report by the National Governor's Association a new approach to economic and community development.
Making Ecotourism Work
Mexico seems to have figured out how to benefit from the world-wide increase in ecotourism.
Is Ecotourism Really Economic Development?
An editorial on the Environmental News Network charges that ecotourism is a myth.
The Dreams And Reality Of Telecom City
Towns work together to develop a technology village, but the worsening economy has other ideas.
Familiar Gives Way To Franchise
Rising rents close down a locally-owned coffee shop in Delray Beach, FL. It will be replaced by a Starbucks.
Brooklyn Emerges From Manhattan's Shadow
Brooklyn, NY, is experiencing a "rennaisance." Some residents are concerned about gentrification.
Businesses Join Forces To Clean Up Commercial District
Northeast Minneapolis neighborhood business area reinvents itself as local businesses join forces.
Atlanta's CNN Center To Attract Tourists To Downtown
New restaurants at Atlanta's CNN Center will draw tourists to the the downtown.
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
