Features

National Spotlight: What smart cities can learn from Denver

Eric Peterson Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Fueled by collaboration, the Mile High City is investing in transit-oriented development while also preserving its historic neighborhoods. Denver has gained 50,000 new residents in the past four years, outpacing its suburbs and most other metro areas.

City Planning, Community Development, Economic Development, Parks & Public Space, Retail, Sustainability, The Arts, Transportation

DIY fixes that can improve your block for practically pennies

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Take your street into your own hands with pop-up bike lanes, tiny free libraries, gardens, and more.

City Planning, Community Development, Parks & Public Space

Park View/Pleasant Plains, Rhode Island Avenue Corridor, Anacostia

Small-scale, big deal: UIX invites urban innovators to exchange ideas in Detroit

Matthew Lewis & Claire Nelson Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Is your city next?

DC's 5x5 public art festival: What to see and where to see it (MAP)

Caroline Dobuzinskis Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Public art by world-renowned artists will temporarily transform all eight wards of the city, with events and exhibits running from September through December.

Community Development, The Arts

Congress Heights, Downtown, Brookland, Waterfront, Capitol Riverfront, NoMa, Columbia Heights-Mount Pleasant, Shaw, The Hill, Anacostia, Dupont Circle/Logan Circle

DC's social entrepreneurs prove you can grow a businesses and do good

Allyson Jacob Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Forget "greed is good." Today's entrepreneurs want to make money and save the world at the same time.

Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Food Systems, Sustainability, Technology

Georgetown/Glover Park, The Hill

Tech center opening brings a 'new day' to Ward 8

Caroline Dobuzinskis Friday, August 15, 2014

The tech demonstration center on the former campus of St. Elizabeths Hospital aims to elevate opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship in Congress Heights.

Apps, Community Development, Economic Development, Education, Technology, Workforce Development

Congress Heights

National spotlight: Putting art at the heart of redevelopment

Lee Chilcote Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Artists are often the first to move into urban neighborhoods, and also the first to move when rents escalate. Here's how cities are working with artists to transform blight and reimagine neighborhoods.

City Planning, Community Development, For Good / Non Profit, The Arts

How a 'Downtown Ward 7' would grow more than a healthy economy

Christina Sturdivant Tuesday, August 12, 2014

The built environment plays a crucial role in a neighborhood's health. Would upgrading Ward 7's downtown create healthier people?

City Planning, Community Development, Economic Development, Health and Wellbeing, Transportation

Meet DC's urban farmers growing food and profits

Whitney Pipkin Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Think it's hard to grow food in the city and make money at it? You'd be 100% correct. Still, that hasn't stopped these intrepid farmers from trying--and, in some ways, succeeding.

City Planning, Entrepreneurship, Food Systems, Health and Wellbeing, Sustainability

Brookland, Anacostia

National roundup: Detroit's wind economy, Memphis' startup symphony, Toronto's Silicon Valley

Lee Chilcote Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Issue Media Group publications across the country cover "what's next" for urban centers. In this recurring feature, we highlight the top stories in urban innovation from all across our national network.

Get away from it all--right here in DC

Amy Rogers Nazarov Tuesday, July 15, 2014

As the District’s breakneck pace tapers for the long and sweaty summer months, we asked some of our favorite local celebs for the skinny on where they go to get away from it all – no plane ticket required.

Parks & Public Space

Downtown, Brookland, Georgetown/Glover Park, Tenleytown/Van Ness/Cleveland Park

Union Station has a secret Presidential railcar, and more behind-the-scenes pics

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Photographers went behind the scenes at Union Station to capture unique views and check out a Pullman car that was once used by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Here's our photo gallery of the best.

Union Station

NoMa

Does geography equal destiny?

Christina Sturdivant Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Teens in all eight wards are surrounded by peer pressure to have sex and a lack of knowledge about how to be safe. So why is it that the majority of pregnant teens are in just two wards?

Economic Development, Education, Health and Wellbeing

Food can be medicine, says Dr. Ted Eytan, Kaiser Permanente

#DCFood4Thought discussion: how food impacts community

Whitney Pipkin Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Our panel discussion last week centered on how can the District build healthier communities full of healthier people. Did you miss it? We've got the write-up.

City Planning, Community Development, Food Systems, Health and Wellbeing, Retail

DC's zinesters prove the art form is alive and well, even in the digital age

Arielle Milkman Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Zines--self-published, usually Xeroxed small magazines--seem like a relic of the pre-Internet age. But in D.C. as elsewhere, the art form still thrives.

The Arts