Good freeway access is often at the top of a developer’s wish list. It’s no surprise that major developments often get built near exits. Image source: Flickr CC user Francisco Anzola Weary travelers needing gas or food on the freeways need only look for the inevitable roadside oasis at the next exit. The kind of
Churches may not have money machines on hand when times get tough, but some churches have found the next best thing. Image source: Flickr CC user Images of Money It would nice if America’s churches had money machines on hand to spit out cash when times get tough. For some churches, times have gotten especially
The public space is an area to relax and mix with the rest of the community. Image source: Wikimedia Commons Walking around any city center during lunch time on a nice summer day, you’ll see office workers liberated from cubicles and deadlines eating lunch in an open plaza of some kind. They’ll be spread out,
The one-room schoolhouse was solid and wonderful, but it was the opposite of the flexible grid style schools needed for the future. Image source: Wikimedia Commons user Bilertl Demographics often mimic a slow tide, coming in gradually and making incremental and predictable changes. Eventually, everything is different and where you were once sitting is now
A road improvement project on a main street may not be an infallible weathervane, but often does indicate that a downtown are could be experiencing an upswing.Image source: Flickr CC user OliBac It would be a neat trick if a business could find a window into the future or a weathervane to predict which way the economic winds were blowing. Unfortunately, there's no foolproof way to gauge whether a business will succeed on a city’s main street.
Sometimes, state, federal, and local tax incentives are the perfect finishing touch in motivating a company to start up a business or to choose to relocate to another area. Image source: Flickr CC user Horia Varian Some people believe that only nonprofit businesses can get tax breaks and that for-profit businesses are on their when
Numerous historic preservation programs are completed each year. Here, 1,700 windows were replaced in a historic maintenance building at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. Image source: Flickr CC user NAVFAC It is always nice to hear that a historic building was saved from the wrecking ball. These fading landmarks can be lighthouses, military bases, churches,
Schools are becoming a popular option for churches looking for a temporary or semi-permanent location. However, sometimes these moves can be controversial. Across the country, public schools are letting churches move into their buildings, unpack trailers filled with portable sanctuaries, and convert gyms and auditoriums into worship centers for the day. A new church that
The new Google Headquarters will somehow be even more impressive than the current one. Image from Wikimedia Commons user Durova. In the 1990s, Gatorade had a ridiculously catchy and overwhelmingly popular campaign jingle called “Be Like Mike,” about wanting to be like Michael Jordan, even if just for a day. Anyone who ever dribbled a
Music and art classes are usually the first things to go in times of budget cuts. Image from Wikimedia Commons. Most people have fond, if slightly embarrassing, memories of extracurricular activities. Whether it was learning to play the French horn in grade school band, publishing that hard-hitting expose on the price of fish sticks for
While the improving times could give churches and nonprofits more opportunities, they also have more opportunities for mistakes. Image source: Flickr CC user MarkMoz12 After weathering one of the nation’s harshest downturns, churches and nonprofits have some reasons to be optimistic about the current economic climate. The U.S. economy added another 295,000 jobs in February
Portable classrooms have long been used as a quick fix for overcrowding. As technology has advanced, however, schools are using modular buildings in place of traditional buildings. Image source: Flickr CC user TownePost Network People often think of portable classrooms as an unfortunate temporary solution to overcrowding in schools: quick and cheap, but far from
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