Understanding Regional Retail Development
Retail development has major impacts on communities and regions. Planners can stay ahead of the curve by understanding the regional retail market and helping shape where retail will best fit.
Retail
Whether it’s on how to better plan for commercial and retail development or the benefits of neighborhood establishments, you’ll find articles and postings listed below.
Hudson’s Star Attraction
How the public library has become the community hub for the town of Hudson, Ohio — and the key to a strong downtown and main street..
Downtown Housing -Minus Parking +Plus Commercial
The residents and business owners of Saratoga Springs, New York, treasure their downtown. Two planning priorities: increase the amount of housing downtown and ensure retail on the ground floor of buildings.
Controlling Strip Development
One of the most common problems facing planners is how to deal with commercial strip development along major road corridors. Some approaches communities can consider to better deal with strip development.
“We Don’t Have Enough Parking”
It’s not unusual to hear complaints that downtown retail districts suffer from a lack of adequate parking. Roberta Gratz takes a closer look at this concern, and outlines “people first” steps to better address downtown parking.
To Market, To Market
Local farmers’ markets provide one of the best ways of increasing downtown activity, while offering a valuable outlet for area farmers. Author and lecturer Roberta Brandes Gratz takes a closer look at the role farmers’ markets can play — and why they’ve become so popular.
All Development Is Not Created Equal
Successful communities understand that when they say no to development that is contrary to the long-term health of their community, they will almost always get better development in its place, argues PCJ columnist Edward McMahon.
Finding Economic Development At Home
How to keep money from leaving your local economy.
Coping With Superstores
How planning commissioners can come to grips with superstore development, and reach an outcome that the community wants. By Constance Beaumont, the author of Better Models for Superstores: Alternatives to Big-Box Sprawl.
