Our drive continues through the area once called “the ugliest place in Maryland.” When you look around, though, you can find the building blocks for an urban transformation in these suburbs.
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Let’s take a drive down Rockville Pike, a major thoroughfare near DC. What kinds of development patterns will we find as we pass through each ring of suburbia?
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Here’s a roundup of five highway boondoggles that are threatening neighborhoods right now in the U.S. Think of it as a hall of shame.
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One family’s history tells volumes about the development of Kansas City since the 1950s.
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When you’re a change-maker, there’ll be times when you’ll feel like you’re losing your mojo. Here’s how to get back on your feet to keep making your city or town a stronger place.
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Some misguided attempts to enhance the local park in Brainerd, MN, has actually made it a worse place to be.
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It’s no wonder that some people oppose new housing when the housing and infrastructure projects they see are disruptive construction work that drags on for years.
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We must stop seeing poor neighborhoods as "bad" neighborhoods, and instead understand them as intrinsically goods ones, whose problems are addressable if we empowered the people who care about them.
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Hear how local leaders in Louisiana are fighting the I-49 Connector, an urban highway expansion project that is threatening the vibrant, predominantly black neighborhood of Allendale.
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The 85th percentile rule makes it hard to ensure safe streets, so residents of northeast Kansas City took matters into their own hands.
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When it comes to creating strong neighborhoods, there are some valuable lessons to be had from slowing down the pace and seeking novelty in the ordinary.
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Local decision-making must become more accessible to everyday people. Here's how to make that happen in your place.
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A lot of supposedly "innovative" proposals are for things that have long existed in neighborhoods, but you wouldn't know it based on the language that planners use.
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In the summer, my neighbors invite things to happen that they will oppose most any other time of the year. It’s the best part of being here.
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Coté Soeren’s “Resistencia” coffee shop in Seattle is a space for community connection and support, not gentrification.
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In Birmingham, AL, a unique high school program trains teens in home renovation and building skills, while revitalizing their neighborhood in the process. Jeanyll Morris shares her experience helping lead the program.
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Marilyn Burns and Leah Ross saw a need in their community for greater laundry access, so they got together with neighbors to make it happen.
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Lisa Leslie joined with her neighbors to help found an intentional community where families live near one another and share life together.
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A new toolkit helps neighborhoods measure their adaptive capacity.
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In a community dismissed as the “ghetto,” residents are doing the math on public investments — and finding surprises — then empowering residents to build a stronger future.
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