Land Lines Abril 2018
St. Louis and Missouri Bank on Federal Spy Center
St. Louis and Missouri officials welcome the decision of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to remain in the city and build a new, billion-dollar facility in the under-invested North St. Louis neighborhood. But the spy agency's crosstown move is a challenging one, given the agency's security requirements, questions about the opportunities it ultimately brings to local residents, and the steep cost to city and state governments of keeping the large federal employer.
Houston Surveys Post-Harvey Policy Landscape
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey's record-breaking rainfall and devastating floods, the nation's fourth-largest city grapples with its legacy of minimal regulation and lack of zoning as it seeks to build resilience and gird for future climate-enhanced storms.
This issue highlights the post-Hurricane Harvey policy changes under consideration in Houston as the prospect of more extreme weather looms, St. Louis’s efforts to integrate a federal spy center campus into its disinvested North Side, and tools for estimating the extent and value of urban trees. It also debuts the Mayor’s Desk interview with Lincoln Institute fellow Anthony Flint.