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.
Ten Great Places to Live
10 Great Places to Live describes not only offers specific towns to consider as a future home, but also describes […]
The 25 Best Places to Live…Where homes are affordable
Character towns are great places to live. “25 best places to live where homes are affordable” is a study of […]
The 7 Best Cities for Beer
7 Best cities for beer offers an indicator of a character town. The number of local craft breweries is at […]
The 9 Best Small Cities to Move to…
9 best small cities were recently ranked by Movoto Real Estate. They ranked cities of all sizes across a variety […]
Character Towns of Central Florida: Report #3, A Survey of Main Streets
“Character Towns” of Central Florida: Report #3, A Survey of Main Streets reports the preliminary results of what has become the […]
Character Towns as Entrepreneurial Cities.
Character Towns are Ideal Entrepreneurial Cities. Character towns are not just pretty places; when well designed, they accommodate innovators, social […]
Best Places for Business and Careers
Best Places for Business and Careers is compiled by Forbes Magazine. The list describes the best places in each state […]
City Building in a Hot, Flat and Crowded Post-American World
City Building in a Hot, Flat and Crowded Post-America World is an essay based on a review of three books. […]
City Finance Plans; Comprehensive Long Range Business Models
City Finance Plans are the vehicles for small cities and towns to take a comprehensive long range view of their sources and […]
The City Sociable, Leveraging Economic and Physical Assets to Create Civil and Sociable Places
The City Sociable is a serious town that works hard to create an environment that is interesting, safe, friendly and […]
Financing Redevelopment; City Support for Private Projects
Financing redevelopment for private projects is sometimes in the best interest of small city and town yearning for new infill […]
Character Town Community Theaters, “Edu-tainment” Emporiums.
Historical Role of Main Street….Theaters in Small Cities and Towns. Character towns with city planners promote community theaters. They attract […]
Park Systems Evaluated by PARKSCORE
Park systems evaluated by ParkScore can benefit from the process. ParkScore is a project of The Trust for Public Land, […]
The 10 Best Cities for Public Transportation.
Public transportation as presented in 10 Best Cities for Public Transportation demonstrates that “some cities world’s densest cities run like […]
America’s Social Infrastructure Is Falling Apart – The Atlantic by Eric Klinenberg
Worry Less About Crumbling Roads, More About Crumbling Libraries. Character towns rely on social infrastructure. America’s social infrastructure is falling […]
Character Towns: small cities and towns economic development
Concept Small cities and towns economic development depends on character towns that attract residents, businesses and visitors. Therefore, character towns […]
Character Towns of Central Florida: Report #2, Socio-Economic Features
“Character Towns” of Central Florida: Report #2, Socio-Economic Features is the second article in a series that describes the features of […]
A Strategy for Creating Character Towns
A Strategy for Creating Character Towns is vision-driven. Character towns are the result of much love and careful nurturing of […]
The City’s Form and Function – 2014
The city’s form and function based on sustainable urbanism is an urbanist town with its balance of social, economic and physical […]
Urban Infrastructure Systems; A Holistic andTechnologically Advanced Approach
Urban Infrastructure Systems in character towns recognize that modern infrastructure critical to a successful community can also be a visual […]