Author: SCM

Perceptions from The Urban Child Institute  Graduating to a Better Memphis Graduation is always an exciting time, and it was made even more special this year with President Obama’s commencement speech at Booker T....

Written by Jim Walker for Indianapolis Star: After two recent visits to Portland for conferences — one as part of the Indianapolis CEOs for Cities cluster — I flew home feeling great about living and working in...

From the Infrastructurist, a guest Peter Kageyama, author of ‘For the Love of Cities.’ In January of this year, Newsweek published its list of “America’s Dying Cities.” The story declared that these were cities “with bleak...

From Sustainable Cities:     Mark Nickita, is an architect and planner Mark Nickita, principal of the city’s Archive Design Studio and a lifelong Detroit resident.  In a very refreshing change from the...

From Brigham Young University: Deseret News Salt Lake Tribune Editorial about the study in the Salt Lake Tribune Governing magazine Take a random person from a so-called “red state,” and the odds are nearly 50/50 that he or she...

From Governing magazine: By John O’Leary Government’s response to increasing complexity always seems to be more bureaucracy. This may be the wrong answer. Instead of trying to harness change, we have to learn new...

From Governing: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene | June 2011 Tough economic times have made old-style budgeting obsolete for smart managers. In the old days, when times were good, budgeters could simply add a set...

We received an email today from a favorite of ours, Amie Vanderford, whose photographs are featured on this blog.  Amy has embarked on a photographic adventure and needs our support. Join us in sponsoring her exciting project in...

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: The American higher-education system has long been seen as a leader in the world, but confidence in its future and its enduring value may be beginning to crack along economic lines,...