News Room
2010
Yuma approves its first TND; includes farm Feb 02, 2010
New Urban News
Financing from land owner partly offsets the continuing lack of bank lending for real estate development. Click here for full story
Planned community moves to next phase Feb 06, 2010
Yuma Sun
A new neighborhood is coming to Yuma and developers are working to raise awareness about it. Click here for full story
In a down time, Diane Dorney reduces publishing; reflects Mar 16, 2010
NEW URBAN NEWS
Publisher of the Urban Community Partners’ Town Papers for East Garrison and Laurel discusses how the medium evolved. Click here for full story
Form Based Codes, a Developers perspective: Apr 06, 2010
By Keith McCoy
The use of Form Based Codes (FBC’s) as a means to reform zoning codes and to implement Smart Growth development patterns is gaining national momentum and strong interest from the development community Click here for full story
Town Papers – A Great Public Outreach Tool Apr 06, 2010
Keith McCoy
Most of our projects have involved new and/or traditional planning and design concepts that need to be clearly explained and often local newspaper articles don’t get it right. Click here for full story
Cities respond to budget crisis – seek new revenue streams: Apr 06, 2010
By Ian Gillis
More and more Cities are facing structural budget deficits as a result of reduced revenues due to lack of new construction, shrinking tax receipts and reduced economic activity. Several are going to a “City led” model for effective redevelopment of key properties. Click here for full story
Valuing Walkable Urbanism – The economics of great places: Aug 30, 2010
By Ian Gillis
“Walkable, mixed use, mixed income places, cost more and are not what is wanted by the marketplace……….” On the contrary, studies show that creating a great place also creates incremental value. Click here for full story
“Best of the Best” Unique Retail Concepts Aug 30, 2010
By Keith McCoy
When developing a mixed use town center or helping to revitalize a main street district, Urban Community Partners looks for the very “best of the best” retail shops to create activity and provide high quality services or products which adds value to the overall mix and vitality of a commercial neighborhood. Click here for full story
Interview with an Urbanist Sep 11, 2010
The Importance of Community Planning
Keith McCoy talks with Barry Long, CEO, Urban Design Associates about the importance of the community planning process in creating great places.
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Roundabouts Nov 21, 2010
By Paul Martin P.E.& T.E. RBF Consulting
Want to find a simple urban design solution which; increases, gas mileage, lowers emissions, reduces City maintenance costs and which can cause a 90% reduction in fatal side impact accidents? Click here for full story
Granville Island, Lessons of successful mixed use – Doing more with less Nov 22, 2010
By Keith McCoy
Creating successful mixed use projects is difficult in the best of times. And the current real estate recession, has created almost impossible odds against developments of this type. So, how do we create successful mixed use developments on a budget and do more with less? Click here for full story
Seaside Institute revisited Nov 22, 2010
After a successful career as a community advocate and publisher of new urbanist periodicals such as “The Town Paper” Diane Dorney has accepted a position as the Executive Director of the Seaside Institute.
Keith McCoy interviews Dianne to examine why she took on this role in such challenging times and she shares her views on the work of the institute in the future: Click here for full story
