by Sarah Marshall Pragg | May 19, 2011 | News
This publication examines a growing preference to live, work, and play in mixed-use and walkable urban environments and the revival of suburban downtowns, also known as “boutique cities.” Driving this trend is the recent mortgage crisis, collapse in housing market,...
by Sarah Marshall Pragg | Apr 19, 2011 | News
This video provides an overview of the Designing Healthy Communities video series, featuring Dr. Richard Jackson and produced by the Media and Policy Center (MPC). The series focuses on how poor community design and sprawl has given rise to burgeoning health costs and...
by Sarah Marshall Pragg | May 1, 2010 | News
Big-box commercial jumble, lifeless cul-de-sac subdivisions, urban sprawl, deteriorated downtowns, and traffic jams aren’t just sickening sites, but literally may be making Americans sick. There is a growing body of evidence that suggests how places are designed and...
by Sarah Marshall Pragg | Jan 29, 2010 | News
This video features the Builder Concept Home 2010, a virtual home that showcases a “new home for the new economy.” The American dream of owning a McMansion is being replaced with a desire to live in a smaller, more compact home with greater energy efficiency and...
