...hinder the development that we say we want persist in most of our cities and villages? Last week, we hosted a workshop that connected five of our cities with a...
I have the privilege this week of attending the Hometown Summit, a new national conference focused on sharing lessons and best practices from small and mid-sized cities. The organizers describe...
...Hopkins University in Baltimore but works with cities elsewhere, has developed a number of practical guides on topics from civic open data to managing organizational culture. What Works Cities, an...
...in Michigan. The cities of Albion, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Saginaw, and Traverse City served as test markets. But the lessons learned are easily translated to towns and cities in other parts...
...core cities? The easy, popular take, which I myself have offered in the past, is, “there’s plenty of room in Detroit!” (Or Flint, Saginaw, Battle Creek, Lansing…) The challenge with...
...and will jointly organize the Wuhan Placemaking Week in late 2018. The theme of WPW is “SHAPING BETTER PUBLIC SPACES: Remaking Places – Transforming Cities.” Chinese cities, including Wuhan, have...