Community / Economic Development
Communities Take Charge To Restore Facilities
Community involvement is the defining difference at lively, pretty neighborhood parks around the city, from Cliveden in lower Mount Airy to Carroll in West Philadelphia, from Jerome Brown Park in Tioga to Three Bears in Center City.
The People Squawk, Wal Mart Walks
Wal Mart decides not to build Northern Michigan supercenter.
A Greener Kind Of Suburb
One Virginia development seeks to transform what it means to live the exurban lifestyle.
South Scottsdale's Renaissance
One of the Scottsdale's most controversial pieces of land may become an ASU's research campus.
Introduction To Community Design Centers
Community design is a movement focused on the creation and management ofenvironments for people.
Revitalizing A Blighted Industrial Area
Emphasizing jobs and the environment a plan aims to revitalize Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley.
A 'Rapid Response Team' For Planning First Aid
An interdisciplinary team of University of Cincinnati students and faculty heads to a picturesque Greek island drowning in problems created by tourism.
'Daylighting' Hidden Creeks
'Daylighting', or exposing, underground creeks in Berkeley, CA and Seattle proves to be an interesting economic development strategy.
Starbucked: Debunking Myths About The Coffee Giant
Is Starbucks guilty of ruining neighborhoods and destroying local businesses?
Kunstler: The Cargo Cult
James Howard Kunstler on the impact of big retailers on communities.
Wal-Mart's $1 Billion Subsidy
A subsidy watchdog group details how Wal-Mart has received over $1 billion in government subsidies.
Entire State Of Vermont Endangered By Wal-Mart
National Trust for Historic Preservation says the entire state of Vermont is endangered by Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart Changes Its Strategy
Wal-Mart experiments with a "grassroots approach" to garnering support for its expansion into urban areas.
Questions Raised About 'Livable' Cities List
Cities named in the "Livable Cities" list subsequently made $10,000 donations to the organization that released the list.
Refilling Big Boxes
NPR's Anne Hawke reports on the problems faced by communities left with empty big boxes.
Can Blue-Collar Cities Make A Comeback?
Neal Peirce discusses how older cities can make make a comeback with "smarter state policy-making and a dose of ingenuity"
Redevelopment Is Never Easy
Land acquistion, site clean-up, codes, even NIMBYism make new development in existing neighborhoods difficult.
Senior Landlords
An initiative turns seniors into landlords.
Jane Jacobs: What's Old Is Good
Jane Jacobs, now 88, makes a rare appearance in San Francisco, CA, to promote her new book, Dark Age Ahead.
Are the Best Restaurants Moving to Malls?
A brief history of the evolution of restaurants and retail.
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.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
