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Let's lead the paradigm shift in landscape design and bring back ecosystem services
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 9:22pm.I rode my bike the few blocks down SW 10th Street in Portland to the Pearl District to take in the excitement of First Thursday gallery openings on a warm summer evening.
Learning From Denver: More Insights from CNU 17
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 8:43pm.Here's the second of two Austin Chronicle columns on CNU 17:
Developing Stories: Learning From Denver
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
More insights from CNU 17
"Shrinking Cities": Let's Be Careful What We Wish For
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 4:51pm.Readers of a certain age will remember Joni's Mitchell's iconic anthem "Woodstock," celebrating the famous 1969 music festival (which, incidentally, she did not attend, but I digress).
Tax greenfield development, subsidize infill
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 1:49pm.I recently ran across a terrific post on T. Caine's sustainability blog Intercon extolling climate change policy to get on the smart growth bandwagon.
Compact, Climate-Friendly, Competitive: Coverage from Austin Chronicle
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 2:30pm.To restart the economy while saving the planet, the Congress for the New Urbanism advocates traditional neighborhoods for all
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
CNU 17: the reviews roll in (and so do the presentations)
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 4:54pm.CNU's annual Congress proved to be just what the real estate, planning, and development fields needed — and what the journalists and bloggers who cover those fields were asking for too.
NY Times: Atlanta becoming the first major city to knock down all it's Public Housing. Concentrating poverty very destructive."
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 1:32am.Atlanta is nearing a very different record: becoming the first major city to knock them ( Public Housing )all down.
New numbers prove smart growth reduces CO2, cost-effectively
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 2:27pm.For the most part, the climate change establishment - whether in government, industry, or the environmental community - has ignored the potential of land use strategies to provide significant reductio
Transportation Secretary LaHood leads the way on sustainability
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 1:39pm.This is not your father's DOT.
Camden's riverfront prison yields to redevelopment. 6/18 Update. Officially empty. Last Inmate Gone
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 4:47pm.Camden's Riverfront State Prison,as of yesterday, had exactly 30 inmates - down from 1,100 last year. In January, Gov.












