• Fighting Foreclosures Using Emergency Management Tactics
• BY: John Buntin   |   December 31, 2009
• As a young paramedic in Sarasota County, Florida, Bob Stuckey learned to respond to emergencies using a protocol known as the Incident Command System. Originally...
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• Top 10 Legislative Issues to Watch 2010
• BY: Josh Goodman   |   December 31, 2009
• The Great Recession may technically be over, but it continues to have a devastating effect on the ability of state legislators to craft new legislation...
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• How Much Reform Can Providence Handle?
• BY: Rob Gurwitt   |   November 30, 2009
• The Wu Tang Scram of tofu, bok choy, Napa cabbage and cashews served at Julian's, a restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island, might not seem like...
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• Immigrants and the Suburban Influx
• BY: Alan Ehrenhalt   |   November 30, 2009
• This fall, Parkview High School, in Lilburn, Georgia, was unable to field a ninth-grade football team. That is no tragedy; many schools have never even...
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• Miami's Visionary Zoning Plan
• BY: Alan Greenblatt   |   October 31, 2009
• When it comes to building and construction, Miami has always been a wide-open town. That's about to change. Last month, the city council approved a...
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• Statewide Zoning: a Pipe Dream?
• BY: Alan Ehrenhalt   |   September 30, 2009
• Gregory Bialecki wants something for Massachusetts that no other state has: a comprehensive statewide zoning code. He thinks that's needed to break down the longstanding...
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• Bordeaux vs. Budweiser
• BY: Rob Gurwitt   |   April 30, 2009
• There are people in Johnsburg, New York, who still won't set foot in the Tannery Pond Community Center, even though it was built in part...
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• Road to Katrinaville
• BY: Christopher Swope   |   March 31, 2009
• The idea of the Katrina cottage was always bigger than the house itself. It started with New Urbanist architects, who began drawing pictures of colorful...

• Cottage Industry
• BY: Christopher Swope   |   March 31, 2009
• A short walk from the quaint main street in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, architect Bruce Tolar is assembling a living museum of the Katrina-cottage movement. On...

• Radical Renewal
• BY: Josh Goodman   |   February 1, 2009
• At the Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis, you can pick up a gyro from Holy Land Grocery or, if you prefer, sushi and bubble tea...

• Dues Blues
• BY: Brendan Schlauch   |   August 31, 2008
• The housing slump is taking a toll on homeowner associations.

• Two Faces of Foreclosure
• BY: Alan Greenblatt   |   March 31, 2008
• The house at 608 Oxford Avenue is in bad shape, but its neighborhood is worse. Next door sit two vacant lots where condemned residences already have...

• The Man Who Owns Flint
• BY: Christopher Swope   |   December 31, 2007
• On a cold, gray day in Flint, Michigan, Dan Kildee is walking down Stone Street. Like a lot of residential blocks in Flint, it looks...
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• In the Green
• BY: Zach Patton   |   November 30, 2007
• Viking Terrace Apartments, a low-income housing complex in rural Worthington, Minnesota, boasts some amenities. Thanks to an extensive renovation completed this summer, the four-building, 60-unit...

• Guiding Growth
• BY: Zach Patton   |   November 2007
• When Debra Campbell talks about urban planning, she sounds a little like Mr. Rogers. "Neighborhoods are the most important part of a city," she says. "They're where it all happens. They're the building blocks of a community."