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This empty field off Mountain View Drive may not necessarily look like much driving through, but this particular location, owned by the Anchorage Community Land Trust, is an important [...]

Commercial real estate and city government stakeholders view a soon-to-be-vacated riverfront site as an ideal laboratory for testing a more equitable model of development. Last week, a group [...]

In this opinion piece in the Rapidian civic blog, columnist Amy Carpenter writes that my question, which I asked during the Rose Center meeting, is this: Some of West Michigan’s big money donors [...]

On Thursday morning, a panel of experts presented findings on how to incorporate equity into the development of public land in Grand Rapids. The presentation was delivered at City Hall by members [...]

The Grand Rapids skyline continues to change as the city goes through a sort of rebirth. From new buildings to restoring the rapids to improving mobility, the city is on a path leaders believe [...]

Public policy leaders from across the country convened on Grand Rapids this week to help the city address a growing inequity that is leaving some low-income and minority residents behind. "We [...]

A panel of 15 urban planning experts from all over the country met at San Jose’s City Hall on February 16 for a forum on strategies to make North San Jose a vibrant, mixed-use area that [...]

WFLA recently posted a great profile of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, who is an alumni Rose Fellow and former member of the Rose Center's Advisory Board.

After spending a week in Rochester, city leaders from Oakland, Chicago, Orlando, and other urban areas presented some of their recommendations for downtown revitalization.

The City of Rochester got some free advice on making over its downtown space. The input came from the Rose Fellowship, which comprises experts from all over the country who help cities reimagine [...]