Michigan
Seeking New Urbanism In Acme, Michigan
How will the town balance community priorities and developer demands?
Motor City Gamble: Three Casinos To Be Built In Downtown Detroit
The City of Detroit plans to add three new casinos and thousand of jobs to its core by 2008. City officials are betting on the new mega-complexes to draw more visitors to the struggling downtown.
Friday Funny: Detroit Bound For Scrapyard
Like so many of the cars it produced, Motor City is heading for the scrapyard, the Onion reports.
Reports Of Tiger Stadium Death Greatly Exaggerated
Detroit News reporters have jumped to conclusions about the failure of area redevelopment efforts and the need to demolish the stadium.
Time For Transit Renaissance In Detroit?
It's been 50 years since the city's final streetcar run. Does Detroit have what it takes to join the growing number of transit-focused metropolises in the U.S.?
Michigan Sinks As Leaders Cling To Old Formulas
A host of new problems faces Michigan in the 21st century, yet many state leaders have outmoded strategies for success in economic and community development.
A Bold Vision For Transit Future
Planners hope that Detroit's Airport City will take off, lifting the fate of Detroit, and even Michigan, with it.
Mayor Kilpatrick Envisions The 'Next Detroit'
In his annual state of the city address, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick looks to build on the success of last summer's MLB All-Star Game, Superbowl XL, and the recent boom in downtown housing starts.
Detroit's Airport City: Planes, Trains, And Promise
Can you say Super Transit Oriented Development?
Educate, And Revitalization Will Follow?
Kalamazoo, Michigan, has developed a unique plan for revitalization: free college tuition for any student who enters the school system by ninth grade.
Speedy Permit Process Helps Older Suburbs Redevelop
Michigan's governor rewards six older metro Detroit communities for successful completion of the Michigan Suburbs Alliance Redevelopment Ready Communities Initiative.
Detroit May Use Eminent Domain To Build Bridge To Canada
Plans involve razing parts of Delray, one of the poorest white slums in the country.
Ann Arbor Looks To Add Housing, Density
In downtown Ann Arbor, dense high rise development has traditionally been thought of negatively. However, a recent shift in political will has the City approving projects that will add greater density and housing to its commercial core.
Global Warming Threatens Great Lakes
The Union of Concerned Scientists issues a report outlining potential problems for the entire region.
The Revival of Detroit's Housing Market
For the first time in decades Detroit has captured the largest increase in housing units for its seven county metro area, despite still large numbers of people leaving the city on an annual basis.
Super Bowl Week Yields Lesson In Civics
How did a city capitalize on a three-hour sporting event to develop a clear set of goals for urban revitalization?
Can Detroit Continue Its Momentum?
The challenges are great, but city officials and business leaders are hopeful that Detroit will build upon its successful Superbowl weekend.
Looking For Modern Transit
Rapid transit is at the center of Grand Rapids' new development plan.
Detroit's Super Bowl Facade
As thousands of visiting Super Bowl fans converge on downtown Detroit, city officials are going to great lenghts to cover up the city's blight.
Personal Rapid Transit
Has the time come for this smaller, automated, electric transit service, the cousin of the Detroit People Mover?
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
