- Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper is a lower-risk and lower-cost local development strategy.
- People everywhere are searching for ways local parks can better serve their communities. Here are lessons from six great ones.
- Detroit's new public square, Campus Martius, brings life back downtown.
- New projects in Detroit and Houston show great places bring great economic returns
- The story behind an award-winning fire-and-music installation by artist Barnaby Evans, which has had an impressive cultural and economic impact on downtown Providence.
- In Cleveland, good public spaces and parks are regarded as critical in helping the city attract highly mobile "New Economy" businesses and workers. This article reports on an effort to identify potential new open spaces downtown and build a constituency for investing in them.
- A Denver business leader explains why the creation of Commons Park, along the Central Platte Valley, was a cornerstone in developing new mixed-use downtown neighborhoods.
- An excerpt from Cooking With Fire in Public Space, which details the positive effects of campfires and a community brick oven in a Toronto park.
- A Detroit native goes home to see whether Campus Martius Park lives up to its billing.
- Urban critic and journalist Roberta Brandes Gratz on what's needed to truly revitalize our cities.
Entrepreneurial Programming Brings Economic Gains to Swedish Park
Skillful management and a desirable location make Stockholm's Kungsträdgården both economically self-sufficient and popular with tourists and locals.
- An excerpt from Cooking With Fire in Public Space, which details the positive effects of campfires and a community brick oven in a Toronto park.
