Community / Economic Development
Downtown Cleveland's Success Story
Cleveland now has the fastest-growing downtown among all midwestern states.
Key Elements Of Downtown Revival
Downtown Kansas City needs to create places so compelling that people can't not go downtown.
Statewide Effort Encourages Neighborhood Parties To Promote Safety And Unity
Hundreds of Arizona neighborhood groups will host parties this Saturday for GAIN (Getting Arizona Involved in Neighborhoods).
City Authorizes Public To Throw Away Nuisance Signs
Kansas City officials are asking municipal workers and the public to remove illegal signs.
Colorful Redevelopment Plan
A $119 million redevelopment proposal with "a huge splash of color" is scheduled to be reviewed by the Kansas City planning commission.
Revitalize Lower Manhattan With A Public Market
A public market get bring economic and social activity to Lower Manhattan while representing the cultural diversity of the victims of the WTC attacks.
Optimizing Downtown Parking And Transit
Part 4 of a six-part series focused on the redevelopment of downtown Kansas City.
Crowded Sidewalks In Detroit?
Concert-goers descended on Detroit streets this weekend to take in more than the shows.
Living On The Edge: Decentralization Within Cities In The 1990s
Most of the nation's largest central cities grew during the 1990s, but population change at the neighborhood level was more uneven. This report shows that population decentralization is occurring even inside city borders.
New Urbanism Transforming Suburbs
Suburban neighborhoods are turning into entertainment destinations.
Challenges For Urban Pioneers In Jacksonville
New residents of Downtown Jacksonville townhomes face urban realities of noise and vagrants.
Demand For Density
New census data suggests that St. Paul and Minneapolis aren't hollowing out at the core like many of their midwestern counterparts.
Blighted Regional Mall Will Find New Life
Elk Gove Village, Illinois is transforming an old blighted mall into a new conference center, hotel and restaurants.
Nonprofit Turns Empty Lots Into Affordable Housing
A Detroit-based nonprofit recently invested an additional $18-million in one of the city's most run-down areas.
What To Do With Downtown?
Kansas City is weighing its options for reviving its historic but empty downtown.
African-American Churches Tackle Urban Decay
African-American churches in Buffalo are tackling urban decay with economic development and social and human service initiatives.
Protesting Is Out, Schmoozing Is In
Community Development Corporations prefer negotiation over confrontation in their attempts to improve neighborhoods.
Does Indian Gaming Fuel Economic Development?
What are the links between casinos and economic growth?
How Would You Revitalize Miami?
The Miami New Times asks ten leaders, including Andres Duany, "If you were in charge, what would you do to revitalize this city?"
Can School Vouchers Improve Neighborhoods?
Perhaps school vouchers don't improve schools. However, they do improve neighborhoods, writes Jonathan Rauch.
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
