Will California Get Out Of Its Own Way?
Zoning reform has become a flashpoint for political debate in the United States. While it intuitively seems like it would
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Pattern Zoning: What Is It? Is It Good?
The Michigan Municipal League thinks that a modern take on pattern zoning might actually help encourage better infill and planned development.
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Those People: NIMBYism in America’s 17th-Wealthiest County
If you, like me, are a part-time transplant resident of the District of Columbia– and are a policy nerd, no
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Greenways, The Ultimate High-Density Corridor Development Tool?
Nat compares the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis to the Joe Louis Greenway in Detroit, which broke ground this past week.
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Study: Detroit CBO Is Not Quite There Yet
An academic paper looks at the Detroit Community Benefits Ordinance, or CBO. Conclusions? It’s had mixed success. We can get beyond this if we stop thinking about public policy in the simplistic terms of “pro” or “anti” development.
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MPSC December Meeting: Neighborhood-Level Equity and Energy
Dr. Tony G. Reames of the University of Michigan, Briana Parker of Elevate Energy, and others presented at an MPSC meeting on some approaches to the question of equity in energy efficiency for low-income communities and communities of color.
Read moreStuck In A Fiscal Hole? Just Borrow Against The Future, Says Detroit’s Mayor
Mike Duggan wants to revisit his failed bond issue proposal to demolish derelict buildings. It’s a bad idea.
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Did Cities Ever Need Tech, Anyway? Seattle vs. the Post-COVID Economy
Long a sleepy seaport town, Seattle was enjoying a fraught, decade-long flirtation with explosive growth– and inequality. Will COVID bust up the party forevermore?
Read moreYouLam No. 3 – Combat Midwinter Malaise With Good Journalism!
After a long stretch of tepid gloom, winter has hit like the gabbagool. It’s the latest YouLam. Here’s the news:
Read moreCanada Trip IV – Toronto’s Vertical Suburbs
There is this old chestnut in the right wing media echo chamber that goes something like this: “Capitalism provides variety!
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