Strategic Planning for Stagnating Strips

Deteriorating commercial strips are commonplace in today's auto-oriented suburbs. Errin Welty outlines her strategy for turning stagnating strips into vibrant shopping districts.

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http://www.planetizen.com/node/4950

State Business Taxes

Interesting Article by Richard Florida. It indicates that State tax burden does not seem to have a large effect on business investment.

http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2011/05/18/do-state-business-taxes-really-matter/

Can't Bother To Walk?

Can’t be Bothered to Walk? There’s an App for That!

Infographic: An 8-city Perspective on Health and Well-being

http://thisbigcity.net/cant-be-bothered-to-walk-theres-an-app-for-that/

APA Webinars

Below are some upcoming FREE webcasts. The Illinois Chapter is a sponsor of the APA Chapters/Divisions webcast series. Note that the session on May 25th has just been added.

Please visit the link below for information on all sessions.

http://www.utah-apa.org/webcasts


May 13- Private Practice Division - Secrets to Improve Consultant-Client Relations - Introductory 1.5 CM APPROVED

May 19 - Indiana Chapter - New Ideas for Bike-friendly Communities- Introductory 1.5 CM APPROVED

May 25 - Intergovernmental and Regional Planning Division - The Revitalized Chesapeake Bay Restoration Program - Introductory 1.5 CM Submitted

June 3 - Virginia Chapter ‑ Livable Communities, Sustainable Regions: How Transportation Investments Shape Our Development Patterns ‑ Introductory - 1.5 CM APPROVED

June 10 - Economic Development Division - Real Estate Finance from Simple to Complex 1.5 CM APPROVED

June 17 - NCAC-APA and the APA Economic Development Division -  Planning for Regional Innovation Clusters (RICs) - 1.5 CM Pending

June 24 - Technology Division ‑ Introduction to the H+T Affordability Index and Applications in Planning ‑ Introductory

July 15 - Ohio Chapter - Community Erosion: How traffic flows like water - Introductory Session- Introductory 1.5 CM APPROVED

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New York Taxi

New York has chosen their next taxicab - A Nissan Van.


Seems a little odd for a city to specify what vehicle that its taxi cab operators must drive.  And to choose a Japanese automaker who will build the vehicles in Mexico?


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Well, it is their choice, but seems a little odd to me.

Well paid athletes

"It’s not football, baseball, basketball, or even NASCAR that accounts for the lion’s share of sports superstars: 114 of the 184 best-paid athletes in the world play soccer—almost seven times more than the next runner up (basketball, with 18 uber-rich players)."


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http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2011/04/29/show-me-the-money-the-geography-of-superstar-sports-millionaires/

Suicide city: Las Vegas has the highest metropolitan suicide rate in the country (Photo: Hemera)

Freakonomics says that Las Vegas has the highest metro suicide rate in the US.

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