Akron’s “revitalization picnic” envisions future without badly-planned highway
“The area that the Innerbelt was built through [in the 1970’s] was a neighborhood, and it did tear up the neighborhood and divide families,”…
Issue #14: November 1, 2015
New Brownfield Listings service helps community redevelop historic school
After years of unrelenting work and three unsuccessful Requests for Proposals (RFPs) went unanswered, the City of Howardville, Missouri is moving forward in the…
2000 gallons of “American Cheese” is used to restore 1964 World’s Fair structures
PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business announced that more than 2,000 gallons of AMERCOAT® coatings were used to refurbish the “Tent of…
Movie shows how dramatic new hotel hopes to revitalize devastated fishing community
What can be done to revive traditional rural cultures in an increasingly mechanized age? On Fogo Island, a Maritime (Canada) community that has been…
Urban agriculture trend can make better places and healthier economies
In a globalized era, commodification is the thing that strips something of its story, its individuality and any humanity along its path in order…
