“Housing Ohio: Tools for Development” includes something like a starter kit of pre-approved plans, with zoning reforms to make them work.
A walking and biking trail is being used as a framework for compact, mixed-use growth in Northwest Arkansas, one of the fastest-growing regions in the US. This tool for sustainable development could apply to many regions.
Beyond the battles between NIMBY and YIMBY, a third option— call it “QUIMBY”—offers a promising path forward.
The largest city in Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville is managing growth by incremental development that is regenerating the city’s urban fabric.
A small city with major urban growth, Bentonville, Arkansas, offers a model for expansion that at the edges that preserves nature and historic small-town identity.
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Streets Five scenarios that make street transformation possible
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Transit, TOD Ten steps toward autonomous urbanism
Here's a playbook for municipal leaders and citizens on the road to smart city technology.
Better Cities & Towns Archive
The City of Hercules, California, has been
The City of Hercules, California, has been dragging its feet on adopting a master plan for the final 40 acres of a large new urban waterfront...
A 200-acre former office campus of Agilent Technologies
A 200-acre former office campus of Agilent Technologies in Rohnert Park, California, is being redeveloped into a new urban town center by shopping...
St. Joe Company broke ground in September
St. Joe Company broke ground in September on Southwood, a 3,200- acre traditional neighborhood development (TND) project near Tallahassee, Florida.
Bill Dennis and his firm, B. Dennis
Bill Dennis and his firm, B. Dennis Town & Building Design, have moved from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Providence, Rhode Island. He is working...
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