The link below opens an interesting Christian Science Monitor article about the growing trend for U.S. cities to rehabilitate and reclaim river shorelines in the name of economic development, as grounded in aesthetics and environmentalism. The article lists and details projects in many of the cities leading the trend, and notes that in Cincinnati, Louisville, Pittsburgh, and Memphis, “one of the keys...is the establishment of a quasi-private nonprofit agency that’s shielded from politics and bureaucratic entanglement.” Written by Craig Savoye, Special to CSM.

CSM: Towns Reconnect (661 Kb, Acrobat® file)