News Category: Other Economies

First Cities: Planning Lessons for the 21st Century

A new book about urban planning in the deep human past explores principles, strategies, and lessons relevant for today.

Affirming Truths about Homelessness

This learning brief examines public perceptions of people experiencing homelessness and dispels inaccurate assumptions and stereotypes embedded within them.

Fixing a Dangerous Intersection Needs To Be Like Fixing a Leaky Pipe

If a pipe under your kitchen sink is leaky, you don’t need to conduct a months-long study. You don’t need to create a plan to replace your kitchen plumbing. You don’t need to get a loan to spend thousands of dollars on the project. All you have to do is likely buy a fitting or two and some plumber’s tape, and do it yourself. And if you’re thinking, “if only my local dangerous intersection was so simple,” consider: maybe it is.

It’s Not Just Houston That’s Broke. So Are Silicon Valley Cities. Is Yours? Missoula’s Wye planning envisions 15,000 homes, small city in 50 years

The financial struggles of Houston and the cities of the Silicon Valley area—as well as tens of thousands of others across North America—have the same underlying cause. It comes to the aggressive outward expansion that cities began after World War II. They built more roads, more pipes, more infrastructure, and in the excitement of the moment, didn’t give a thought to how they would care for these investments. Let alone replace them when the time came. And the time is coming.

TDS Telecom launches fiber internet service in Missoula with first customer

The company has been busy building its physical network across Missoula, and they have a goal of wiring about 1,700 customers here in the first year.

What Does Your State Offer? – Minnesota To Offer Rebates For Up To 75% Of The Cost Of Qualifying E-Bikes

This summer, Minnesota residents can apply to get e-bike rebates that are worth up to 75% of the cost of an e-bike and certain accessories, which could go a long way toward getting more people in the saddle. The state has allocated $2 million for 2024 and $2 million for 2025 to fund the e-bike rebate program.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Vetoes Self-Driving Vehicles Bill. What is your state doing about the inevitable end of human driven vehicles?

Several other states have legalized fully autonomous vehicles, with Florida and California being early adopters.

Blackstone to take Apartment Income REIT private in $10 bln deal

A top real estate investor, Blackstone has been sharpening its focus on rental housing, betting on its revival as the supply of apartments in the U.S. is expected to decline due to a slowdown in construction.
This was likely to lift rental growth, which has over the past few months remained flat or declined modestly due to fresh supply in many U.S. markets.

U.S. Department of Energy Releases First Ever Federal Blueprint to Decarbonize America’s Buildings Sector

First Comprehensive Federal Strategy Outlines Pathways to Reduce Emissions 90% in Buildings Sector by 2050, Reinforcing President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to Lower Energy Costs, Improve Resilience, and Tackle the Climate Crisis

GFDA Top Ten for 4-7-24

What should companies look for when evaluating communities? That was the focus of Jolene’s remarks at the SelectUSA Alberta Summit hosted by the US Commercial Services in Calgary.