Mayor Oscar Goodman hopes the project will set off a chain reaction of new development downtown and put an economically hurting city back to work.
Governing, January 2010
Archive for the 'Economic Development' Category
Las Vegas Rolls the Dice on a New City Hall
January 1, 2010Tysons Corner, Reimagined
November 1, 2009Can the iconic super-suburb break from its traffic-clogged past?
Governing, November 2009
Great Park Takes Shape
May 1, 2009
Lofty Goals
March 1, 2009What exactly is a green job?
Governing, March 2009
Lighting up Broad Street
March 1, 2009Philadelphia takes a bright idea from the Europeans.
Governing, March 2009
Shrink Rap
November 1, 2007It’s easier to think about downsizing an imaginary post-industrial city than a real one.
Governing, November 2007
The Retail Chase
April 1, 2007
Cities will do almost anything to land the store of their dreams.
Governing, April 2007
Plus: my interviews with three retail experts.
Over-the-Rhine, One More Time
March 1, 2007
Cincinnati’s most troubled and beautiful neighborhood makes a comeback.
Preservation, March/April 2007
Smart Decline
November 1, 2006
Youngstown has lost more than half its population. Those people aren’t coming back. But shrinking doesn’t have to mean dying.
Governing, November 2006
Plus: My photo essay on Youngstown, and interviews with Mayor Jay Williams and urban planner Hunter Morrison.
UPDATE: New York Times Magazine includes “creative shrinkage” in its 2006 Year in Ideas issue. Now where did they read about that?
The Fuss About Eminent Domain
July 1, 2006How a Supreme Court decision on takings unleashed a ferocious backlash.
Governing, July 2006
