The rise of urban mixed-use food hubs?
You’d be forgiven for mistaking the West Louisville FoodPort project for a theme park. Featuring carnivalesque roofs, a zigzag floor plan, and a bright…
Issue #2: May 1, 2015
Revitalizing Kansas City’s downtown riverfront
After 30 years of trying, an approval for revitalizing Kansas City‘s downtown riverfront is making progress. A three-decade attempt to revive the downtown riverfront…
New Book: Crowdsourcing Wisdom
New Book: Crowdsourcing Wisdom: A Guide to Doing Public Meetings that Actually Make Your Community Better. Note from Storm: This valuable new book is…
Viva Gentrification! More jobs, less segregation in Los Angeles
Gentrification is something we smart and cultured people are supposed to denounce as an insidious force. To see working- and middle-class families driven from…
New ordinances to revitalize urban river in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan (LARRMP), adopted back in 1996, provides a long-term framework for river revitalization projects and improvements. A more-recent…