North Carolina

The city council is considering letting developers decide for themselves how many parking spaces to build, though many worry the change could harm downtown.

January 10, 2007 - The News & Observer

This article in North Carolina's Independent Weekly looks at a proposal to chop the top off a historic hill in Raleigh to make way for commercial development. Environmental groups are opposing the plan.

November 21, 2006 - The Independent Weekly (North Carolina)

In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, a new group of citizens are giving their city's image a boost by providing a variety of services, from picking up litter to redirecting lost visitors.

November 8, 2006 - The News & Observer

The city of Greensboro, North Carolina, is seeking input from residents as it attempts to come up with an innovative way to brand itself.

November 7, 2006 - News & Record

Two North Carolina communities are grappling over whether they should extend their county's planning boundary to include both jurisdictions. Some residents are opposed due to fears of conforming to undesired development standards.

November 2, 2006 - The Daily Reflector

Can retirement migration be a replacement for former industries?

October 9, 2006 - The Charlotte Observer

An initiative by the High Point, North Carolina police department has shown results in cleaning up a drug-riddled neighborhood by using "soft" pressure from families and community members to change behaviors.

September 28, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

While the city's light-rail system is plagued with construction delays and cost overruns, developers are waiting in the wings with plans for urban transit villages along the line.

September 27, 2006 - The Charlotte Observer

Housing developments are threatening centuries-old agricultural land in Western North Carolina, but farmers are fighting off developers with the help of conservation easements.

August 26, 2006 - Mountain XPress

Duany, Plater-Zyberk and Company's Director of Town Planning, Tom Low, wasn't always committed to designing walkable communities.

July 18, 2006 - Carolina Living

A North Carolina based weekly has published a helpful list of ways for residents to reduce their energy consumption.

July 7, 2006 - The Independent

A recent change in the method of calculating the size of developable land took the state's wetlands out of the acreage. The result could have been vastly expanded stormwater-runoff infrastructure requirements for developers. But it wasn't.

June 30, 2006 - The Raleigh-Durham Independent Weekly

New York City developers, financed in part by Donald Trump, unveil plans to build an 80-foot condominium development in Hendersonville, NC, much to the dismay of locals, who fear losing their small-town charm.

June 15, 2006 - Wall Street Journal (Courtesy of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Voters reject tax to stop the thinning sands of the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

April 25, 2006 - Richmond Times Dispatch

Previously congested with pedestrian and shopping malls, the downtown is enjoying new development after reintroduction of the street grid.

March 18, 2006 - The Raleigh-Durham Independent Weekly

The City of Raleigh made a P.T. Barnum-like effort to draw attention to the demolition of its old civic center -- and it worked.

March 3, 2006 - The Raleigh-Durham Independent Weekly

BB&T, the country's ninth-largest bank, announces that it will not make commercial loans to developers who plan private projects on land seized via eminent domain.

January 30, 2006 - Winston-Salem Journal

Mary Newsom, a Knight Fellow and editor for the Charlotte Observer, responds to criticism that New Urbanism is elitist.

January 11, 2006 - The Naked City

The Asheville Naval Reserve Center played a key role in World War II craft production.

December 29, 2005 - Asheville Mountain Express

The rich and poor live side by side as city planners and elected officials redevelop Raleigh's toughest 'hoods.

December 12, 2005 - The Christian Science Monitor