Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Downtown L.A. To Get Convention Center Hotel
At 54 stories, the $750-million project would feature a five-star hotel, nearly 1,000 rooms, and luxury condominiums. It would be one of the largest buildings in LA.
Naming Streets In America's Fastest-Growing County
As a planner for Riverside County, California, John Trichak's monumental task is to approve names for new streets in fast-growing unincorporated Riverside County.
Megan's Law Hits Local Property Prices
When a sex offender moves into a neighborhood, prices of houses within a one-tenth mile area around the sex offender's home fall.
An Indictment Of Tax Abatement Incentives
Tax incentives that attract specific corporations to a city, region or state make for bad economic policy, and don't cause real growth. Memphis' Payment-in-Lieu-of-Tax (Pilot) program is used in this article as a case-in-point.
Last Stand for Property-rights Activists?
A year after high court's key decision, New London, Conn., voted to evict homeowners.