From Inc.: Exceptional leaders differentiate themselves by doing a few things better. Here are six things you can learn from them. What makes an exceptional leader exceptional? This was the topic I had the fortunate opportunity...
Read MoreJeff Speck is a city planner and architectural designer who, through writing, lectures, and built work, advocates internationally for smart growth and sustainable design. As Director of Design at the National Endowment for the...
Read MoreFrom Planetizen: by Todd Litman In Washington State there is a proposal to tax bicycles so that bicyclists help pay for the roads they use. On the other hand, there is considerable political resistence to increasing fuel...
Read MoreFrom Better Cities and Towns: By Robert Steuteville Recently I criticized the design of a supposedly nonpolluting, “net zero” Walgreens in Evanston, Illinois. Aside from the raft of solar panels on the roof, the store looks like...
Read MoreIt appears that Memphis police officers are nearing success in their crusade to get their 4.6% pay cut restored by Memphis City Council. Now, with some help by the Council, perhaps, Memphis taxpayers might find success in the...
Read MoreFrom Atlantic Cities: The early history of the Christian church is primarily an urban history, and this makes sense: Want to spread the word of a new religion? Your best chances likely lie in those places where would-be...
Read MoreFrom Governing: A couple of months ago, the city of San Mateo, Calif., finished a small experiment. Planning to renovate the playground at one of its most popular community parks, it put a set of proposed designs online for a...
Read MoreFrom Governing: The top 25 programs among this year’s applicants for Innovations in American Government Awards were announced today, and among them are many that are embracing the kinds of technology-enabled creativity...
Read MoreThis is the month when we all get to see what a better Riverside Drive could look like – two lanes of traffic driving slower on a safer street with more parking than presently exists in the two parking lots marring Tom Lee Park....
Read MoreFrom Washington Post: A new report looks at the results of school reform in three major cities and finds that reformers’ claims about success don’t exactly match reality. Here’s a piece on it by Elaine Weiss, the national...
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by Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →