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Zombie Neigborhoods: Searching for a Cure

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Many of America’s Rustbelt and Sunbelt communities have experienced rising vacancy and abandoned homes or properties beyond just one or two, sprinkled throughout the urban landscape, but recently in terms of entire neighborhoods. The effects of urban decline on these cities has brought new urgency to practitioners and researchers alike. Although anthropomorphism and dramatic terminology has the
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Breaking free of the Growth Planning Paradigm

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APA’s PAS Reports (Cities in Transition, PAS 568) (Sustaining Places, PAS 567) In a recent APA Sustaining Places blog by David Morely (“Is Growth a Prerequisite for Long-Term Community Health and Prosperity?”), the old assumptions of growth and decline of cities and communities in relationship to their health and prosperity are revisited.  David discusses how the growth oriented planning
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The Public Protests Deterioration of Bank-Owned Vacant Property

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Community residents throughout the country have seen properties abandoned and subjected to negligence.  Hundreds of these deteriorated properties are owned by banks – Bank of America and Wells Fargo, among others.  And although, these banks claim they strive to comply with property codes and act upon foreclosure policies “that aim to protect properties and communities,”
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