Downtown Fresno Kicks Off Its Campaign
Why "unapologetic" may be the most important word in a city's recovery plan
Economic Development
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Stages of a Downtown Comeback: Fresno Begins the Long Climb
Urban revivals require a shared narrative, private-sector partners, and a public official championing a far-sighted plan.
California’s Centers of Technology: Bay Area, L.A., San Diego, and … Fresno?
How would you build a high-tech center in a vast farming zone? You might start by applying tech solutions to farming problems of water use and sustainability in all forms.
Welcome to American Futures 3.0
A new season of reports on a renewing America
Talking With Dan Richard About High-Speed Rail
The chairman of California's costly and controversial infrastructure project explains why (in his view) it actually will get built—and whether its champion, 77-year-old Governor Jerry Brown, is likely to be able to take a ride.
On SOTU Day, Some Next Steps in Civic Life
A conference in Washington, a development across the country
California High-Speed Rail: The Collector’s Edition
An index to the arguments pro and con about the most ambitious infrastructure project in the United States
California High-Speed Rail: A Minor End, an Important Beginning
Who should get the benefit of the doubt when we consider the unknowable future?
How to Create a Tech Startup Scene If You’re Not in Silicon Valley
Pittsburgh's success provides important and surprising clues.
That Winning Bid for California’s High-Speed Rail: Is It Suspiciously Low?
Yesterday I noted two seemingly positive developments in the California High-Speed Rail saga. That was installment No. 14 1/2 in the series. For previous episodes see No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7, No. 8, No.…
California High-Speed Rail: It’s Happening
Three weeks from now, a groundbreaking ceremony on the most important infrastructure project now underway in the United States
The Past Is Never Past: Slave Labor in the West Virginia Salt Works
"It is not fair to the men who were forced to work in this industry to celebrate the salt without celebrating them as well."
Artisanal Salt From an Ancient Sea
Fair warning: I am not going to try to strap any Larger Policy Significance onto this report. It was just one of the more interesting things we’ve seen on our…
Another Look at Salt-Harvesting in West Virginia
Combine ancient ingredients with a modern sensibility, and a new business takes form.
What Millennials Love About Pittsburgh
'Land of Opportunity' has real meaning here.
How Green Riverfronts Transformed Pittsburgh
The City of Bridges revives the rivers that helped make it an economic powerhouse.