Restoring Prosperity

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News from the Northeast:

RCAs promote disparity
The Times (12 July)
Recently, the debate in New Jersey concerning regional contribution agreements (RCAs) has seen a dramatic shift. The conversation among policy makers today is no longer if RCAs should be eliminated, but only when and how.

Waterfront Boom Boosts Camden
The Courier Post Online (09 July)
One small city in New Jersey identified its assets and moves forward with an ambitious revitalization plan.

Building Up, Downtown
New York Times (08 July)
Revitalization efforts in Yonkers, NY focus on waterfront.

Venture Capital in New England Secondary Cities
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2007 issue)
New England Community Developments

News from the East:

Smaller is Better for Youngstown, Ohio
National Public Radio (17 July)
The term is ‘Smart Decline;’ here is evidence of the innovation necessary in the Smart Growth movement to address revitalization case-by-case.

Baltimore, Fort Worth Unite in Tourism
Forbes (03 July)
Partnership is leading to new industries and greater economic activity.

The Malling of Harbor
Baltimore Sun (08 July)
Editorial on the double-edged sword of waterfront development.

News from the West:

Spaces and Places: Partnership is Leading to Greener Housing
Mercury News (19 June)
San Francisco-based developer partners up with non-profit Greenbelt Alliance to test the boundaries of environmental stewardship and development.

Brawl or Sprawl
LA Times (June 18)
Provocative editorial on sprawl as a virtue or a vice.

News for the Nation:

New Path for University Success: Community Ties
The Washington Post Writers Group (July 22)
Where crime debilitates cities, it also damages the universities therein. University of Pennsylvania has a hand in reclaiming the safety and and livability of its blighted urban neighborhoods.

Plan or Be Engulfed: Harsh Lesson For World Cities
The Washington Post Writers Group (July 15)
Will Planet Earth be able to handle the mega-surge of people pouring into the cities of Africa, Asia and Latin America? America can take a lesson from growth in mega-cities.

Paved with gold: the real value of good street design
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (25 June)
UK study could have ramifications for US street design.

The ‘Blight’ Excuse
The Wall Street Journal Online (23 June)

The Next Urban Agenda
Times Union - Albany, NY (26 January)
Bruce Katz of Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program writes op-ed.

THE 6th ANNUAL YEAR IN IDEAS; Creative Shrinkage

New York Times, TimesSelect (December 2006)

How Cities Compete In The Media Economy
Planetizen (November 2006)