Detroiters have reclaimed 17,000 vacant homes since the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, we’ll take a closer look at one neighborhood whose housing fate has turned on a dime, seemingly thanks to the efforts of one of Detroit's immigrant enclaves.
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Small-scale, incremental development works in the suburbs too, if we let it.
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Jennifer Stromsten and Alex Beck are leading economic development efforts in Brattleboro, VT.
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We’ve explored the outside of Fairfax County’s Eden Center before, but what does the inside of this surprisingly fine-grained strip mall look like?
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If we’re going to be stuck with strip malls, then this one in Virginia is about as fine-grained and urban as it gets.
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Living with extended family is something Americans often associate with immigrant households. But why?
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A vacant house becomes a resource and community space for immigrants, visitors and neighbors.
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There's a huge segment of the biking population that isn't often talked about or listened to.
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Langley Park’s auto-oriented development pattern imposes unneeded costs and burdens upon those who can least afford them.
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Can we find a way listen to each other?
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Marian Liou is the founder of We Love BuHi, a social enterprise organization, that helps to showcase local ethnic restaurants and works with restaurant owners to build a better neighborhood.
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