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In the face of gentrification, NYC and other cities remove landlord requirements to house Section 8 recipients

The October 29, 2007 edition of the New York Times covers changes in New York law that allow landlords to exclude Section 8 renters. This is a significant change that could lead to Read the rest of this entry »

New York City Planning begins public review for rezoning of Harlem’s renowned 125th street to strengthen its cultural presence and spur development

125th Street in Harlem - New York’s next arts & cultural economic development zone

In October, City Planning Director Amanda M. Burden announced the beginning of public review for a comprehensive rezoning of the 125th Street Corridor in Harlem Read the rest of this entry »

Urban Institute Arts and Cultural Indicators study

The Urban Institute’s Arts & Culture Indicators in Community Building Project

The Urban Institute has done a great service for communities around the country Read the rest of this entry »

Philadelphia harnesses arts & culture for major downtown development: NY Times Real Estate section

A Third Act for Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts - New York Times Real Estate section, by Lisa Chamberlain

The Kimmel Center - the home of the Philadelphia Orchestra on the Avenue of the ArtsDeveloper Andy Rothschild, of Scientific Properties

Philly’s intentional clustering of arts and cultural organizations for downtown development has been a resounding success. Several years ago, former Mayor Ed Rendell drove a three-phase plan Read the rest of this entry »

Social Entrepreneurship & Duke’s Fuqua Center

Duke’s Fuqua Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship puts it this way: “… frustration with traditional governmental and charitable approaches to social problems Read the rest of this entry »

Carolina’s historic character + sustainability = North Carolina Rail Trails

I saw North Carolina’s rail trails the first time I visited Durham. NCRT mission is corridor preservation, retrieval and conversion of obsolete rail ways Read the rest of this entry »

The Shadow of Debt: Cuyahoga County Treasurer Jim Rokakis on the threat to urban progress

In the 1990’s, Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White established a landmark agreement with northeast Ohio’s banks. Using the Community Reinvestment Act as leverage, Read the rest of this entry »

Mesa del Sol Part II: September 26, 2007 NY Times Coverage

New York Times
September 26, 2007
Planned City Rises Within a City in the Southwest

Albequerque motion picture studios at Forest City’s Mesa del Sol

By LISA CHAMBERLAIN
ALBUQUERQUE — A 25-square-mile stretch of flat acreage here with sweeping views of the Sandia Mountains — said to be the largest tract of undeveloped land in the United States within one city’s limits Read the rest of this entry »

Adaptive Reuse: Lemonade out of lemons…

It seems easy, right? Take old, obsolete buildings, find uses more appropriate to the 21st century, and transform them. All too often though, Read the rest of this entry »

Pew Charitable Trust issues new study of state level R & D strategies

Pew’s Center on the States’ new study Investing in Innovation examines how states have begun more customized R & D strategies Read the rest of this entry »