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Urban Review: Toxic Air Bases, Housing Finance Issues to Watch and Investing in Urban Forests

This week, a legacy of contamination from air bases across the country, the housing finance issues experts will be watching in 2019, why trees are more than just pretty and more.

Resolutions for You and Your City

Urban planner Brent Toderian asked Twitter: what are your #ResolutionsForMyCity?

Unemployment Is Down. What About Opportunity?

A new report looks at job quality by metropolitan area, finding cause for "cautious optimism."

The Most-Read Urban Edge Pieces of 2018

The stories that captured your attention in 2018.

Urban Review: How CEOs Are Killing People, Tax Breaks for Gentrifiers and Harris County Gentrification

This week, how tax incentives meant to foster "opportunity" are hastening gentrification, where gentrification is occurring in Houston, why your office might be bad for you and Elon's tunnel!

Urban Edge's Favorite 2018 Books

There was no shortage of texts tackling some of the biggest urban challenges: inequality, disaster recovery, walkability and more. Here are a few worth adding to your bookshelves.

Metro Presents Its Most Ambitious Plan Yet, Anticipates 2019 Bond Vote

Years in the making, the latest MetroNext plan includes miles more of bus rapid transit and light rail than the previous draft plans.

These Are Houston's Most Pedestrian-Friendly Places

Houston's Walkable Places Committee names their favorite places in the Bayou City to take a stroll.

Excerpt: Can A Market-Oriented City Also Be Inclusive?

In a new chapter, Kinder Institute Director Bill Fulton considers Houston's opportunities and challenges when it comes to creating a truly inclusive city.

Urban Review: Costly Commutes, New Apple Hub and Texas' Uninsured

In this weeks roundup, Houston's commute costs near the top nationally, Apple announces plans for Austin hub, a look at who is uninsured in 2018 and a failed promise of prison reform.