Communities want "good" retail to attract and retain residents and visitors, to boost their tax base and to provide services to local residents within a walkable environment. I am essentially talking about "Main Street" pedestrian focused retail. Unfortunately, many downtown Main...
This is a great article on the importance of downtown restaurants to economic development (source: The Atlantic, CityLab). Here in Provo, where efforts to revitalize downtown are ongoing, a burgeoning restaurant and music scene is beginning to create synergy....
Southpointe Town Center is a new mixed-use community gathering place under construction in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Situated along the I-95 corridor, within the 800 acre Southpointe development of 3 million square feet of office, neighborhoods and a championship PGA golf...
Provo Downtown Rooftop Concert
As housing markets continue to add units at the higher end of the market, the lack of "affordable housing" declines. The reduced number of housing...
https://www.ted.com/talks/theaster_gates_how_to_revive_a_neighborhood_with_imagination_beauty_and_art
It may be one of the most challenging urban planning and design problems of the 21st century - how to remediate the ill effects of past policies, practices and injustices...
