Can Local Governments Be Held Accountable to Their Own Policies?

This organization is suing their local government over an insolvent, master-planned development in Collier County, Florida.

Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesDecember 2, 2021environment, local government, master planned, financial solvency, taking action, florida

Lessons from Magnolia’s “Village”

Surprise, surprise: Americans love dense, walkable places connected to a sense of history.

Top Story, OwensTiffany Owens ReedNovember 30, 2021urban design, tourism, master planned, texas

We Cannot Rely on Large-Scale Development

Let’s talk about master developers and how all-at-once, large-scale development doesn’t offer the environment in which resilient economic ecosystems emerge.

What Does a Strong Towns Master Plan Look Like?

Our preference for the incremental, iterative, and bottom-up is well-known. But does that mean there is no room for big dreams and master plans?

Top StoryKevin KlinkenbergOctober 22, 2019master planned, kansas, georgia

The March of Build-It-And-They-Will-Come Suburbia

The problem with new American suburbs isn’t a "lack of planning" or “uncontrolled growth” or “inadequate infrastructure.” The problem is a lack of basic financial solvency.

This Neighborhood in Germany Shows Us Why American Planned Communities are So Abysmal

We all know the pitfalls of master-planned communities, right? Sterile. Homogenous. Certainly not adaptable or resilient over time. Is there a way around it? Maybe, if this fascinating case study from Germany has anything to teach us. And it all starts with one word: Baugruppen.