Allelon

A great resource for missional thinkers and practitioners: allelon.org
They offer great stories and articles about local, neighborhood mission engagement.

Reimagining the City

We talked about how the collapse of the financial system has called into question our most basic assumptions about what it means to live as Americans. Might this crisis also affords cities a new opportunity to reimagine and reinvent?

Reinventing America's Cities: The Time is Now

Building A New Gotham

Watch For Falling Rent

Why Are These Renters Smiling?
Among other things, the recession is reducing the cost of rents across the city. This article says prices will continue to drop until there more jobs are available, and that could be a while. What does this mean for the city? If cheaper housing is available for urban professionals and artists in Manhattan, this could potentially slow the gentrification process in lower-income neighborhoods in Brooklyn.