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Knox Pages
Cheryl Splain
2 March 2020
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Knox County Land Reutilization Corporation, also known as the Knox County land bank, takes abandoned properties that are vacant and tax delinquent, revitalizes them, and then sells them to new owners. This elimina...
28 February 2020
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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Over 3000 Words
In an attempt to spur the economy and reverse years of a declining population, Tulsa, Oklahoma is paying remote workers $10,000 to live in the city for a year. The carefully-selected 100 members of this project, known...
19 December 2019
Newport, Kentucky, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To promote the implementation of greenspaces while also decreasing the likelihood of runoff after heavy rain storms, community groups in Newport, Kentucky worked together to implement strategic depaving. This practice...
25 November 2019
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Community members and local organizations on the South side of Chicago collaborate to reclaim their neighborhoods from crime, violence, and poverty by engaging in community conflict resolution, policing and networks o...
15 November 2019
Fresno, California, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Grassroots movements for urban renewal in the Lowell neighborhood of Fresno, California has given power back to the people in the urban planning of their own community. With the help of social media, community members...
30 October 2019
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Cities enhanced by public art improve the quality of life for their residents. Across the midwest—from Bucyrus, Ohio, to Chicago, Illinois—cities are investing in public art and murals as a way to revitalize their com...
29 October 2019
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Public art adds value to communities that have experienced decline in recent decades. In towns like Mansfield and Marietta, Ohio, public art plays a positive role. Murals created by groups like Mansfield Murals Inc., ...
CityLab
Lizabeth Cohen
21 October 2019
New York, New York, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A plan forged in New York City suburbs in the 1970s addressed urban renewal and income inequality by creating low-income housing dwellings in nine separate towns outside of the city. Though the "Fair Share" program fa...
11 October 2019
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
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1500-3000 Words
After falling behind in urban planning and innovation in the 1990s and early 2000s, Oklahoma City created a limited-time sales tax called MAPS to pay for capital projects, like the new Scissortail Park. The tax consis...
7 October 2019
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Erie, Pennsylvania, uses creative financial incentives for companies and businesses that invest capital gains in low-income areas of the city in order to pull itself out of economic hardship caused by the decrease in ...
18 September 2019
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Chicago is trying something new when it comes to violence prevention: beautifying public spaces that have been known to be places of violence. The city has launched an official pilot program called Grounds for Peace, ...
26 August 2019
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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800-1500 Words
Springfield, Massachusetts leaned into urban renewal and public-private partnerships to keep their local economy alive amid the manufacturing downfall. Now, Bridgeport - a town of similar size and economic fate - look...
21 August 2019
Hanston, Kansas, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
When the city of Hanston, Kansas had to shut down the local middle/high school, residents refused to let the school sit vacant; instead, the building now houses a town-owned business incubator called Elk Plaza. Uses o...
2 August 2019
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Officials who want to improve Washington D.C.'s unreliable metro system look to the Chicago Transportation Authority to find examples of success in rebuilding a subway system. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel prioritized up...
18 July 2019
Danville, Virginia, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The town of Danville, Virginia survived the downfall of the mill industry by using creative financing and investing in solid economic infrastructure that will remain sustainable into the future. The town has invested ...
26 June 2019
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
Through expansive demolition and rehabilitation services, the Cuyahoga County Land Bank is estimated to have made a $1.43 billion impact to Cleveland and surrounding communities. The land bank focuses on renewing blig...
The Connecticut Mirror
Tom Condon
24 June 2019
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In the middle of the 20th century, the Housing Act of 1949 launched cities across the city into a downtown reconstruction frenzy, the often to no avail; in the modern renewal movement, cities try to get it right. Citi...
22 June 2019
Newburgh, New York, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
A land bank in Newburgh, New York has revitalized dozens of blighted homes around the community, helping to turn city around. The land bank, which offers preferences to locals when selling renewed homes, now serves as...
10 June 2019
Mobile, Alabama, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
While the entire nation struggles to combat blight and rundown housing, the city of Mobile, Alabama put together a task force and managed to slow the spread of blight in the town and even change the state constitution...
3 June 2019
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
A development firm in Bridgeport, CT relies on public-private partnerships to fund renewal of blighted sites into upgraded buildings, including a brand new charter school. With a mix of government and low-income housi...
3 June 2019
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After years of developmental stagnancy, the city of Waterbury, Connecticut puts into action a way for developers to renew buildings without having to take financial responsibility for previous owners' environmental wa...
20 May 2019
Mulhouse, France
Text
800-1500 Words
Mulhouse, a small city in France, brushed off its negative reputation and used community networking, clever financing, and urban renewal as tools to become a bustling center once again. The town relied on many communi...
17 May 2019
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Mansfield, Ohio leaders look to cities across the country for inspiration from successes - and lessons from failures - to help them rebuild their downtown brand. From Austin, Texas, to Fargo, South Dakota, these succe...
26 April 2019
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Fort Wayne, Indiana follows the national trend that transforms old abandoned buildings into new economic powerhouses by converting what was once the massive GE campus into a mixed space of residential, business and re...
23 April 2019
Rosarno, Italy
Text
1500-3000 Words
A group of locals in Rosarno, Italy - a town known for its organized crime and racism - reclaimed the perception of their home by creating a comprehensive tourism guide for the city. The guide creation helped to stimu...
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