The Financial Stability Plan
This morning, Treasury Secy. Timothy Geithner announced the Financial Stability Plan, geared to revive the banking system by way “attack[ing] our credit crisis on all fronts with our full arsenal […]
NSP Funding Gets “Compromised”
While Senate Democrats and Republicans were looking to compromise on what is now a trimmed-down, $780 billion stimulus package, it looks like some key progressive measures have been, well, compromised. […]
The Stimulus Package and Smart Growth
It was a busy day on Capitol Hill yesterday as the Senate, in addition to several amendments to the now-$900 billion economic stimulus package, approved a homebuyer tax credit for […]
Let�s Get Serious Here
Here we go again. To use a catchy Obama phrase during his run for the high office, it seems like these days, it’s always silly season in politics, and the […]
Vacant Storefronts: They’re Not Just For Ghost Towns Anymore
From the City of Millville way down in South Jersey to Morristown up in the northern state suburbs, downtowns across New Jersey are approaching alarming levels of storefront vacancies. And […]
A Sobering Economic Roundup
It was quite a day today: American Express Earnings Drop 79 Percent Sprint Nextel to Cut 8,000 Positions Caterpillar to Cut 20,000 Jobs Home Depot to Cut 7,000 Jobs And […]
Watching History On The Big Screen
So much of this country’s history has been watched on television — lunar landing, Beatles on Sullivan, Dwight Clark’s “The Catch” from Joe Montana in the 1982 NFC Championship Game […]
All Aboard, America
The weekend before Barack Obama and Joe Biden take the oath of office, I can’t help but remark on the seeming missed opportunity for these two change agents as they […]
Tough Economy, Slashed Services
Planner and Rooflines blogger David Holtzman pointed to the potential effects of diminished funding for fire companies as the economy continues to slide, and sadly, this is not the only […]
The Great Detroit Charrette?
Thirty percent of Detroit proper is now vacant land. This was the news a few weeks back from The Detroit Free Press, the paper that announced last month that it […]
Yes, Virginia, There Is A City Planner
Sometimes, the road more traveled by makes all the difference. It’s not news that there is significant buzz around planning circles around Transit Oriented Development, housing close to town, and […]