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Norquist Op-Ed: Fund real main streets — not highways — with the "Jobs for Main Streets" bill
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 6:40pm.The rollout of Congress' latest stimulus bill has been all about "Jobs for Main Street." That's a great message, argues CNU President John Norquist in a timely ... read more »
Urbanist in Chief is shaping the nation's policy, CNU's Norquist tells Washington Post
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 2:14am.Today's Washington Post has a round-up of President Obama's efforts to make sure cities and
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VMT tax smackdown: LaHood says 'maybe,' Obama says 'no'
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 9:22pm.U.S.
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Stimulate and Harness Neighborhood Value, Urban Sage David Lewis Advises Obama
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 5:10pm.Like Jane Jacobs, David Lewis held to a resolute belief in the power of traditio
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Kunstler's advice to Obama: Work with CNU to stimulate overlooked downtowns
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 5:33pm.Fresh off his appearance in the New Yorker as a guide to the future — he'd argue near future — dislocations of the post-peak-oil landscape, Jim
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Retool America's Post-Oil Economy: CNU's Dan Solomon nails new "national purpose" in San Francisco Chronicle
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 1:38pm.In yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle, CNU co-founder Dan Solomon writes that the US has both the need
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Sound Stimulus: How Congress Can Find and Fund the Roads that Reduce Our Oil Addiction and Improve Our Quality of Life
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 3:49am.With input from the incoming Obama Administration, Congress is now building a stimulus bill that will likely result in the largest investment in U.S.
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Stimulus to Nowhere?
Submitted by JNorquist on Fri, 12/26/2008 - 5:20pm.Can we avoid the upcoming Economic Recovery Program from being a Stimulus to Nowhere?
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Washington Post, Obama Highlight Smart Growth
Submitted by joel.vanderweele on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 7:24pm.According to this Washington Post Editorial, "the silver lining in the spike in gasoline prices is that it has focused the public on the links among global warming, sustainable communities and transpo
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