Entries by Isaac Riddle | Next City
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Smaller Cities Make a Good Showing on This Year’s Fortune 500 List
Fortune released its annual rankings of Fortune 500 companies, and the lion’s share of the top 50 have homes in small cities.
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Thinking About Sandy, Rockaway Resident Wants to Replace Parkway Lanes with Protective Dunes
In response to the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy, an urban designer and part-time Rockaway resident wants to replace road lanes with a dune forest that would protect the area from floodwaters.
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Philadelphia Just Got a Little More Gay-Friendly
The Philadelphia City Council today passed one of the most comprehensive LGBT protections bills in the country.
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AAA: Cost of Car Ownership on the Rise
The 2013 “Your Driving Costs” study from AAA shows that the cost of car ownership is on the rise.
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The Recession Was Anti-Sprawl, Brookings Report Finds
A new report from the Brookings Institution finds that the recession had a greater impact in the suburbs, and helped stall the outward migration of jobs from downtown areas.
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Six Contest-Winning Apps Connecting People to Civic Services
The winners of the Google Places API Developer Challenge will showcase their apps that connect citizens to services next month in San Fransisco.
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Chicago TIF Strategy Brings First Mixed-Use Development to Bronzeville in 50 Years
Chicago has broken ground on what’s slated to become the Bronzeville neighborhood’s first mixed-use project in more than 50 years. Tax-increment financing will partially fund the project, reflecting the city’s increasing tendency of combining private and public investment to encourage development.
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Some Additional Inspiration Brought to You by Our Vanguard
The deadline for Vanguard is quickly approaching. Let yourself be inspired by these eight Next City Vanguard members that are spurring change and transforming their communities.
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Google Puts One Foot on Insourcing Bandwagon with Partial Production of New Digital Specs in U.S.
Google will assemble its new digital eyewear, Google Glass, in the U.S. Is this the green-washing of insourcing or the start of a meaningful commitment to creating manufacturing jobs at home?
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A Yelp for City Services?
The success of review sites like Yelp have led to a vision for a public forum that lets ordinary people review city agencies.
