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Preserving Farmland While Accomodating Growth
Rural Yolo County, CA has found a balance between urban growth and farmland preservation.
Efforts Near Stadium Not A Home Run
The U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago hopes to benefit from the redevelopment efforts occuring in its vicinity.
New Mexico Revives Light Rail Idea
New Mexico is looking seriously at a long-debated concept to establish a light-rail line between Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
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Power To The People
Affordable and user-friendly technology could provide an exciting new platform for discussing planning and development issues.
Rail Ridership Exceeds Expectations
A study of rail-based public transit systems in nine U.S. cities finds that rail systems have boosted redevelopment around transit stations.
How GPS Is Changing Our World
GPS technology is transforming businesses.
Colorado's Big Straw
Is Colorado's plan to pipe its river water back over the Rocky Mountains to support new communities audacious or absurd?
ShoreBank to Lend In Developing Countries
ShoreBank, known for its investments in community development in the U.S., is expanding its services to developing countries.
Beltway HOT Lanes Proposal Endorsed
Public-private partnership proposal to add four new managed lanes to virginia's portion of the Beltway moves ahead.
Legislation Would Target School Overcrowding
Decision by the Harford County Council in Maryland delayed in considering a bill designed to slow residential development to ease overcrowding in public schools.
Rebirth Of Downtown Los Angeles
A critial mass or residents is achieving what past revitalization efforts haven't: a 24x7 downtown in Los Angeles
Wright's Grandson Continues Architectural Tradition
Frank Lloyd Wright's grandson hope to build his grandfather's plan for a dream city.
Coastal Dilemma
The California Coastal Commission is caught between environmental activists and a persistent landowner on issuing a permit in an environmentally-sensitive area.
Building A Wright-Designed Gas Station
A 1920s design by Frank Lloyd Wright to be built in Buffalo.
More Buzz About 40B
Massachusetts "anti-snob" zoning law continues to foreground tension over the need for affordable housing and how many units communities are willing to accept.
America's Sweatiest Cities
Deodorant company publishes the results of a survey on the sweatiest cities in the U.S.
Job Fair Addresses Employment Challenges Faced By The Homeless
Local employers in Austin, TX participate in a job fair for the homeless.
Growing Smart With Land Conservation
This workbook series is a guide for communities seeking to create a greenprint conservation program.
Half Of Downtown Is A Parking Lot
Group offers a tour of downtown Buffalo that showcases parking lots and ramps in "all their glorious splendor" to draw attention to the fact that parking occupies much of downtown.
Top Planner Says Toronto Is Crumbling
Toronto's public transit, housing, and social services, sidewalks, streets, and parks are in trouble.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
Ada County Highway District
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
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.
