Author: SCM

From The Black Urbanist: Floating through airports over the summer, I have noticed how remarkably similar they are. I would think  an international building with the ability to showcase the local culture would in fact be that...

From Harvard Business Review Blogs: If you care about social innovation and haven’t already heard about social impact bonds, let us be the ones to tell you about them. In fact, we’ve written about them before, and...

Has this ever happened to you? It’s a gorgeous morning and you want to spend the day outside at a park, but with so many great public places to choose from, where do you go? Ever wondered which type of outdoor park best...

From Governing; By Jim Balfanz and Jim Emerman We celebrate individuals from time to time for breaking new ground or delivering creative, efficient solutions to public problems. But rarely do we pay attention to where...

Now here’s a ranking we liked: Midtown is ranked the 18th best zipcode in U.S. for fun.  Check it out here. “Beale Street (located near the 38104 Zip Code) is well known for its many bars, but other parts of the...

From Alternet: As presidential candidate Michele Bachmann chews up scenery in the GOP primaries, the mainstream media is finally digging into her extremist beliefs in a serious way. In a profile published earlier this week, the...

From Vancouver Sun: A study released last month that could have – and should have – nailed down the impacts of downtown Vancouver’s new bike lanes on the businesses that line the affected streets is, in fact,...

by Stateline:   Last month, three public libraries in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Clarita ditched the L.A. County public library system, the biggest in the nation. To save money, they turned instead to a little-known...

From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: PDF of this report (22pp.) By Robert Tannenwald, Jon Shure and Nicholas Johnson * August 4, 2011 Related Areas of Research State Budget and Tax Taxes Executive Summary Attacks on...

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