CREATIVE CITY NEWSLETTER: NOVEMBER 2003

ISSUE 9: DESIGN AND PLANNING

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CREATIVE CORNER
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ARTICLES OF INTEREST
UPCOMING EVENTS

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Architecture/Landscape/Urban Design
Social Planning
Transportation
Community/Economic Development
Government and Politics
Land Use
Youth: Special section on Youth Space

Architecture/Landscape/Urban Design

The Lofting of America
The loft symbolizes the excitement of urban living," said Alexander von Hoffman, a senior fellow at Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies and author of the new book "House by House, Block by Block: The Rebirth of America's Urban Neighborhoods"
http://www.memphismanifesto.com/news/archives/000103.php

Selling Out Public Spaces
Ralph Nader says that public space, universal community services and their historic traditions which bind our nation together are all under assault.
http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10329&rf=e

Social Planning

The Aesthetic Imperative: Why the Creative Shall Inherit the Economy
In today's economic slowdown, it has become clear that both the early-'90s pessimists and the late-'90s boosters misunderstood the true source of economic value. Manufacturing and technology generate wealth only when they make matter and information serve human desire. Desire is the true source of economic value.
http://www.memphismanifesto.com/news/archives/000103.php

Old Style Ballparks Crate Vibrant Mixed-use Districts
Old-Style ballparks, fronting on urban streets, spur in-city living.
http://www.newurbannews.com/Ballparks.html

Transportation

States fail to connect economic development with transit
A 50-state survey of economic development subsidy programs -- such as loans, grants, and tax incentives -- reveals that not one single state effectively coordinates its economic development spending...
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/bus_release.htm

Milwaukee’s "Freeway to Nowhere"
Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist leads the effort to remove the city's 'freeway to nowhere' and reconnect a divided downtown.
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Transportation Alternatives: What we can learn from Europe
The signature federal program to promote transportation alternatives is headed for extinction. Neil Peirce asks Congress to look at the results of similar initiatives in Europe.
http://www.postwritersgroup.com/archives/peir0902.htm

Aging Society Alters Transportation Landscape
America's aging population will exacerbate existing transportation problems while requiring new approaches to meet changing needs. Pushing beyond the stereotypes of elderly mobility, this analysis looks at a host of emerging issues.
http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10310&rf=e

Community/Economic Development

Why try to bring back manufacturing jobs?
Should we really be trying to bring back manufacturing jobs? The disappearance of manufacturing jobs are actually a sign that quality of life is improving.
http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10700&rf=e

Saving the Inner City will Save the City
Milwaukee business and civic leaders announce a new economic development initiative focused on the inner city.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep03/170061.asp

Selling the Public Square
Public entities must use discretion in accepting private money.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0916/p08s02-comv.html

City of Phoenix Enters The Hotel Business
The City of Phoenix decides to become a hotel developer to address the demand for hotel rooms downtown and generate business.
http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10537&rf=e

Is Mixed-Use Worth It?
Mixed-use projects get a lukewarm review in comparison to the financial rewards from conventional projects.
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Preserving Affordable Housing in Trailer Parks
Trailer parks are housing the middle class in Boulder, CO, and the concept is being demonstrated as a way to address the affordable housing shortage.
http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10420&rf=e

Community Development in Rural America
While the nation's cities try to develop successful strategies for growth, rural America is finding hundreds of inventive ways to add to its appeal.
http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10454&rf=e

The New Immigrant Capitol
Why does this city attract more immigrants than New York or Los Angeles? And how does it house them without expanding into rural areas?
http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10361&rf=e

The Necessity and Cost of Urban Revitalization
Reiscast interviews William Hudnut on the prospects of urban revitalization, based today's economic environment and demographic changes.
http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10336&rf=e

'Camden Hub’s regional Strategic Revitalization Plan
A summary of Camden County's regional strategic planning efforts for 15 municipalities.
http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10807&rf=e

Government and Politics
Managing Metropolitan Growth: The Twin Cities Experience
This overview of growth policy in the Twin Cities region recounts the evolution of a number of policy tools for infrastructure.
http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10820&rf=e

Government and Politics

Land Use

A Rebirth of Downtown Los Angles
Conversion of a 32-acre rail yard and a 40-acre industrial development to parkland in downtown L.A. could herald a rebirth of the city's center.
http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10651&rf=e

Transformation of Chattanooga Waterfront
Chattanooga rediscovers the river.
http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10738&rf=e

Youth

YOUTH SPACE: Creating Safe Spaces With, For, and By Youth
Development of a national working forum on how to design, plan, maintain, and support gathering places for young people in our cities and downtowns across America. This youth agenda is a critical element of leadership and opportunity that has yet to be addressed.