Indiana's second largest city is one that is routinely overlooked in the Midwest. However, unlike most Rustbelt manufacturing cities, Fort Wayne has seen steady growth as it has diversified its economy.

Known as the 'Venice of America', Fort Lauderdale serves as the major urban core area for Florida's second largest County.

San Juan, which is the 42nd-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, is the most important seaport, manufacturing, financial, cultural, and tourism center of the island of Puerto Rico. 

Can Jacksonville learn something from the Rust Belt's Glass City: Toledo, OH?

Fernandina Beach is a small victorian seaport village, located along the Amelia River in Nassau County, just North of Jacksonville.

Portland was founded along the banks of Oregan's Willamette River and quickly grew as a port city.  In 1979, the city adopted an urban growth boundary.  Since that time, a city that was more spread out than Jacksonville in 1950 is twice as dense than Jax today.

According to Ron Barton, Executive Director of the JEDC, Jacksonville's focus for downtown revitalization has shifted to horizontal development.  Greenville, SC is an example of a community that has been successful using horizontal public improvements to stimulate vertical private development.

What lesson can urban Jacksonville take from a photo tour of Florida's most cosmopolitan city?

Louisville has more things in common with Jacksonville than the average person may think, but a struggling downtown isn't one of them.

During the mid 20th century, Dayton was advertised as 'The Cleanest City in America'. Today, it seeks to restore that image.