The author writes about how property taxes revenues, which normally hold up during recessions, will plummet during this housing downturn....

The report by the National League of Cities reviews provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) that are relevant for cities.

<p>The City of Santa Monica, California Human Services Division (HSD) announced an 8% reduction in the city’s homeless population, based on its recent count of the city’s homeless. Using a new, rigorous methodology that involves physically counting homeless individuals in every census tract of the city, HSD is demonstrating the early success of Santa Monica’s Action Plan to Address Homelessness, and paving the way for accurate evaluation of progress in the future. The Count tallied 915 homeless individuals living within the City’s borders.<br>

On March 1-4 Chicago, Illinois hosted the 2009 National Main Streets Conference.

The author explains that companies benefit from branding and that municipalities can benefit too if they adopt the private sector branding techniques...

A municipality’s land-use regulations, including floor-area ratio limits, minimum lot-size requirements, restrictions on accessory dwelling units