As a person who thoroughly enjoys an architectural salvage shop or antique store, there are times I become more interested ...

We don’t often give credit to how much appearances affect us and shape our opinions. We judge nearly everything based ...

This is Part 2 from Sarah Cipkar and details the way citizens can push for better policies to stop the ...

Vacant property kills communities. Vacant and deteriorating property increases crime, depresses property values, diminishes the tax base, lowers community self-esteem, ...

In the heart of our downtown, on the corner of the busiest intersection, is a vacant building with a large ...

My town has responded gracefully to vacancies on Main Street. The local BID, an artists’ collective led by a local ...

The urban problem of blight is seemingly large and nebulous, with complex causes and solutions. The word ‘blight’ actually comes ...

There’s a sense of despair with vacant properties. We stare at them when they first wind up empty. Hoping someone ...

I can sometimes get bogged down in the policies of vacancy. I get pretty excited about design standards, code enforcement ...

There are two sides to economic revitalization and they must work in tandem to create change in a community. The ...