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Redefining "Rust Belt": An Exchange of Strategies by the Cities of Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia

Publication Date: 9/1/2013
Published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond  On June 18th, 2013, community leaders from the cities of Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia engaged in a discussion on the successes and challenges they face in efforts to revitalize their cities. This event,...

Cut to Invest - Create New Bond and Tax Credit Programs to Restore Market Vitality to America's Distressed Cities and Neighborhoods

Publication Date: 12/6/2012
By Alan Mallach, Brookings Institution Community Progress Fellow and non-resident Brookings Institution Fellow, Alan Mallach, calls on Congress to create a new, multi-faceted Strategic Neighborhood Investment Program (SNIP) to help stabilize neighborhoods impacted by the foreclosure crisis. The...

The City After Abandonment

Publication Date: 11/22/2012
By Margaret Dewer and June Manning Thomas, Editors The City After Abandonment offers a collection of essays from urban planning and policy experts that examine what strategies cities are taking to address widespread vacancy and abandonment, especially in the case of weak markets. The book...

Laying the Groundwork for Change: Demolition, urban strategy, and policy reform

Publication Date: 9/24/2012
By Alan Mallach, Brookings Institution Community Progress Fellow and non-resident Brookings Institution Fellow, Alan Mallach, addresses the growing demand for demolition across the country in this 2012 white paper with the Brookings Institution. He argues that there is a need for a more...

Nation's leading urbanists offer "legacy cities" vital information in new book from The American Assembly

Publication Date: 4/6/2012
The American Assembly's new book, America's Legacy Cities: New Directions for the Industrial Heartland, is now available for direct download from the American Assembly's website. Born out of a major conference in Detroit - now the nation's symbol for cities that defined the nation's 20th century...

Reinventing America's Legacy Cities: Strategies for Cities Losing Population

Publication Date: 7/1/2011
By The 110th American Assembly While most U.S. cities are rebounding from their nadir a decade or two ago with healthier downtowns, neighborhoods, and local economies, other cities with rich historical heritages and valuable resources for the nation’s future are experiencing severe...

Bringing Buildings Back: From Abandoned Properties to Community Assets

Publication Date: 4/1/2010
By Alan Mallach, Senior Research Fellow of the National Housing Institute and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution Bringing Buildings Back provides policymakers and practitioners with an in-depth guide to understanding and dealing with the many ramifications that vacant and abandoned...