The necessity of strong public participation in planning processes of public authorities has been generally recognized in recent years. It is an area in which public authorities are still undergoing a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tens of thousands of Chicagoans cannot vote in local elections due to their immigration status. The overwhelming majority are from Latin America. Still, there is a way for some ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. On a Tuesday evening in April, one of the first pleasant ...

After years of pushing the city of Milwaukee to establish a participatory budgeting process, the African American Roundtable will launch its own. AART will invest $40,000 to create a community-led ...

Moving away from top-down approaches, contemporary practices embrace more inclusive and participatory models and design processes. Participatory planning, a notion that prioritizes involving the ...

When I look at the gorgeous libraries in the annual Library Design Showcase, I always wonder what happened behind the scenes that led to a particular design. I’m especially curious how designers ...

Sacramentans could soon have more of a say over how they’d like the city to spend taxpayer dollars, after City Council decided on Tuesday they would put money from the city’s general fund into a pilot ...

What if changing the way the City of Detroit spends a small percentage of its annual budget could change a lot? In Detroit, 18% of eligible voters cast ballots in the last mayoral election — just ...