Sustainable Communities

• Can Innovative Urban Food Production Save Detroit?
• BY: Charles Chieppo   |   November 8, 2012
• Nothing else has worked. A local entrepreneur is asking the city to give his ideas a chance.

• Michigan Bridge Project Clears Election Day Hurdle
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   November 7, 2012
• A wealthy opponent of Detroit's new international bridge fails to derail the project, despite spending big.
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• Taxes that Keep Businesses in Town
• BY: Stephen Goldsmith   |   November 5, 2012
• Building on a successful tax break for Twitter, San Francisco's mayor is asking voters to change the way the city taxes businesses that create jobs.
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• When the Press Asks Uncomfortable Questions
• BY: Mark Funkhouser   |   November 1, 2012
• Public officials should pay attention, as a town in Missouri learned the hard way. If an economic-development deal seems too good to be true, maybe it is.

• Tennis Tournament Measure on Miami-Dade Ballot Draws Opposition
• Source: The Miami Herald   |   Miami, Fla.   |   November 1, 2012
• The campaign to approve potential upgrades at the Crandon Park Tennis Center has drawn opposition from a member of the pioneering family that donated the park land to the county.

• Casino Developers Court Cities
• BY: Tod Newcombe   |   November 2012
• The latest market for gaming isn’t in the suburbs anymore; it’s downtown, where developers are retrofitting existing buildings and changing the casino as we know it.

• Do Millennials Want to Call Your City ‘Home’?
• BY: William Fulton   |   November 2012
• Millions of millennials will soon be putting down roots. Cities and suburbs that are less attractive to them have a limited window to turn things around.
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• Tax-Exempt Properties Rise as Cities Cope with Shrinking Tax Bases
• BY: Mike Maciag   |   November 2012
• A comprehensive solution to replenish municipal coffers has yet to emerge.
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• One of the Most Segregated U.S. Cities Opens the Race Conversation
• BY: Alan Greenblatt   |   November 2012
• Cleveland has started a yearlong series of forums on race relations to educate citizens and city leaders.

• Home Prices Rise in August Boosting Real Estate Recovery
• Source: The Washington Post   |   Nation   |   October 31, 2012
• The housing market’s recovery appeared to receive a boost Tuesday following the release of a popular real estate measure. However, economists cautioned against getting carried away by the optimistic report.

• Detroit Looks to Ballpark for Revival
• Source: The San Francisco Chronicle   |   Detroit, Mich.   |   October 29, 2012
• Detroit has used AT&T Park as a focal point for the revival of their struggling downtown.

• Study: Illegal Immigration on the Rise as Economy Improves
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   October 26, 2012
• Immigration from Mexico fell to historic lows during the worst years of the recession. But the study by U.S. and Mexican researchers estimates that immigrants headed north in the first half of 2012 outnumbered those heading back for the first time since 2007.
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• Rolling the Dice with Taxpayer Money
• BY: Charles Chieppo   |   October 25, 2012
• Governments aren't very good at picking business winners with grants, loan guarantees or tax breaks. They'd do better if they realized their limitations.
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• Pennsylvania Launches Unique Career Website
• BY: Brian Peteritas   |   Pennsylvania   |   October 25, 2012
• A new statewide website unveiled this month is designed to help residents identify career paths, get training and find local jobs.

• St. Louis Should Attract Immigrants to Boost Economy, Some Say
• Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch   |   St. Louis   |   October 23, 2012
• Jack Strauss, a professor of economics at St. Louis University, says more foreign-born residents could supercharge the area's economy.
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