ARTICLES
The Original Articles archives of CharacterTowns.org presents papers that discuss practical and conceptual ideas for designing, building and managing character towns and small cities that are interesting, pleasant and prosperous places for residents, businesses and visitors.
Technology Headed for City Hall.
TECHNOLOGY FOR TOWNS. Small cities and towns will evolve beyond the fear of change to accept the benefits of new […]
Technology: the Disruptive Tsunami Headed for Cities.
TECHNOLOGY FOR TOWNS. Small cities and towns will evolve beyond the fear of change to accept the benefits of new […]
Technology: the Disruptive Tsunami Headed for City Hall.
TECHNOLOGY FOR TOWNS. Small cities and towns are evolving beyond the fear of change to accept the benefits of newtechnologies […]
Tenement Museum
Museums are our windows into lives beyond ourselves. Museums give us a glimpse of people, places and events beyond our […]
TerraPower selects Kemmerer, Wyoming as the preferred site for advanced reactor demonstration plan
PROJECT WILL BRING A FULLY FUNCTIONING NATRIUM™ POWER PLANT TO RETIRING COAL GENERATION SITE BELLEVUE, Washington – November 16, 2021 […]
The 15 Most Beautiful Main Streets Across America.
Between the major cities on the coasts of the United States are hundreds of small towns where a good portion […]
The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2015 by the Smithsonian
(Image © David C. Phillips/Garden Photo World/Corbis; graphic by Shaylyn Esposito) The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2015 […]
The 2020 Census of Population is Out
The long-awaited 2020 U.S. Census of Population is now available. There are many summaries and analyses of the findings, the […]
The 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.
From the ASCE “For the first time in 20 years, our infrastructure GPA is a C-, up from a D+ […]
The 3rd Space – A New Advertising Canvas for Virtual Content by Brett Leary
If you’re an advertising and marketing executive working within the retail ecosystem, you mightwant to take a closer look at […]
The Affordable Housing Action Plan.
THE PROMISE OF A DECENT, SAFE AND SANITARY HOME. Housing the Nation’s people in a decent, safe and sanitary home […]
The Affordable Housing Dilemma
THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME-EXPENSE SQUEEZE. The affordability of housing in America at the start of the 21st century is an issue […]
The Arctic Council
The Artic is full of richness; ecological and cultural as well as economic. The competition has started on which nation […]
The Authentic, Engaging and Social Main Street
THE PLACE WHERE COMMERCIAL, CIVIC AND RESIDENTIAL LIVES CONVERGE. Downtown’s focus is main street; the street with the commercial, office […]
The Benefits of Trees
Public Health and Social Benefits: Clean air: Trees produce oxygen, intercept airborne particulates, and reduce smog, enhancing a community’s respiratory […]
The Bentway
About The Bentway. The Bentway is a unique and innovative public space that transforms 1.75km [1.05 miles] underneath Toronto’s Gardiner […]
The Best Small to Mid-sized Cities in the U.S.
The Best Small to Mid-sized Cities in the U.S. reports the findings of Livability’s second on the subject. The criteria used […]
The biggest green hydrogen hub in the US could be coming soon to Mississippi
From CT.org: Hydrogen is an important part of America’s comprehensive energy program. The United States could see its biggest green […]
The biggest green hydrogen hub in the US could be coming soon to Mississippi.
The United States could see its biggest green hydrogen hub by far up and running in Mississippi by 2025 — […]
The Bloomberg Carbon Clock
The Bloomberg Carbon Clock tracks the level of CO2 in the atmosphere measured in parts per million. In mid-May the […]