Tagged ‘Population Loss’
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Why Capping Missouri’s Historic Tax Credits Would Hurt St. Louis
A member of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen explains why gutting Missouri’s historic tax credit program, a move now under consideration in the state legislature, would undo 15 years of progress in his city.
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With Families Staying Put, Philly and Baltimore Downtowns Continue to Grow
An annual report shows that downtown construction starts in Philadelphia’s Center City and surrounding areas increased for the second year in a row. Cohort cities, like Baltimore, show similar signs of growth in their downtowns.
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The Rise of the New Baltimoreans
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has a plan to stem her city’s decades-long population loss. It involves appealing not only to people who have never lived in Charm City before, but to people who have never lived in the U.S.
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Forefront Excerpt: Ace in the Allegheny
An introductory excerpt from this week’s Forefront.
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Pioneering a Holistic Promise for Cities
A program in Kalamazoo, Mich. offers free tuition for students to attend in-state colleges, so long as they promise to stay in the city. It’s a model that struggling smaller cities around the country may want to adopt.
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Buffalo and Its Daily Paper, Two Fates Inter-webbed
As a transforming media industry shutters newspapers across the U.S., one daily has thrived in the nation’s third-poorest city. A closer look at local journalism’s role in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Remembering Katrina, Two Louisiana Cities Acknowledge a Common Fate
The years since Hurricane Katrina have given evidence of an unexpected development in New Orleans and Baton Rouge: The two metropolitan areas have begun to work together.
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Delivering Camden from the Brink
The first in a two-part series on revitalization efforts in Camden, N.J. looks at the “eds and meds” approach to spearheading economic development in the long-troubled city on the Delaware River.
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A New Era for Jackson?
This week’s Forefront story discussed the changing role of political leadership in Jackson, Miss. following the death of one of its most colorful political figures in recent history. Now, one of the sources for that story has announced plans to run for mayor.
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URBAN NATION: Don’t Kill the Office of Smart Growth
The House Appropriations Committee released its approved bill for funding both the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency. There’s bad news for urbanists: The bill would defund the EPA’s Office of Smart Growth entirely.
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