Articles provided by wck planning and articles by others discuss a wide variety of issues and opportunities facing small cities and towns. Ideas matter and history helps with practical and conceptual ideas and information about cities, city planning and city-building. The Articles gallery of CharacterTowns.org presents papers that discuss issues and opportunities for those thinking and doing city-building.
The City’s Economic and Financial System. Sustainable urbanism requires that there be money in the economic sphere to productively collaborate […]
The 5G mobile network has been switched on in some UK cities and has led to questions about whether the
To speed the installation of 5G in Florida, the Legislature in 2017 ordered cities and counties to open their rights
Cities contend state law violates the state Constitution in a variety of ways, including infringing on home-rule powers. Along with
TECHNOLOGY FOR TOWNS. Small cities and towns are evolving beyond the fear of change to accept the benefits of newtechnologies
The next generation of wireless tech is more than just a boost for your phone. Think self-driving cars, telemedicine and
ENTREPRENEURS WANTED. Entrepreneurs are icons of the private sector, particularly the start-ups of the high tech world. As Mitchel Weiss
A Reflection of Downtown Values. Museums can be about anything; mostly they are about the values of the host community.
CharacterTowns.org enjoys the cross-overs between commerce and culture. The following article from the New York Times offers another example where
Internet Service Master Plans are being developed, or at least explored, by communities across America. The two system configuration options