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HUD Announces 2011 Sustainable Communities Grantees
Submitted by lili.rudis on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 2:06pmThe Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities has announced the winners of the FY2011 competitions for the Sustainable Communities Regional Planning and Community Challenge grant programs. This new round of funding will invest almost $96 million in 27 communities and 29 regions to help each esta... read more »
Funding Eliminated for HUD's Sustainable Communities Program
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 4:48pmNegotiators in the Senate and House of Representatives have reached an agreement on federal spending on urban initiatives and rail transportation for the 2012 fiscal year. The agreement preserves funding for transit and the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants ... read more »
Two-Stepping with the Feds on Earth Day
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 4:09pmAs noted on the CNU Facebook page earlier this week, the one-step-forwards-one-step-back dance with the Feds continues. Last Friday, one foot was put forward when news emerged that HUD’s Sustainable Communities Initiative would retain $100 million in the final CR for FY2011. Included in the budget... read more »
Cities, Conservatives and the Future of the Country
Submitted by JNorquist on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:36amHarvard economist Ed Glaeser is recognized as fairly conservative, certainly an enthusiast for market based policies. His new book, Triumph of the City, calls the city man's "greatest invention". He counts the many blessings that come from well planned and well run cities; economic growth, wealth, l... read more »
Message from Victor Dover and John Norquist: HUD Sustainability Program at Risk
Submitted by JNorquist on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 8:50am
Dear CNU member,
We want to alert you to an impending threat to some relatively small but important programs that are on the cho
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An impressive month for the federal sustainability partnership
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 9:42amIn a breathtaking series of press conferences and releases as well as a major report, the federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities, which is led by EPA, HUD, and the Department of Transportation, have rolled out coordinated, multiple announcements of federal assistance to an impressive and wi... read more »
The Sustainable Communities Initiative
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 12:57pmThe Sustainable Communities Initiative
View article with images, formatting, links and comments at http://blog.sustainableindustries.com/category/built-environment/
MaryVogel | July 21, 2010
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CNU18: “Advancing Federal Policy and the Sustainable Communities Partnership”
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Wed, 05/26/2010 - 2:52pmAt a panel discussion on “Advancing Federal Policy and the Sustainable Communities Partnership” at CNU18 in Atlanta, federal officials observed that $3 billion in competitive federal grants “in
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HUD to CNU: What do you you do when you get what you asked for?
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 3:07pmHUD officials made it clear at CNU 18 in Atlanta that ideas emerging from the Congress for New Urbanism have profoundly shaped federal policy, as it's now shifting under the Obama Administration.
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Shaun Donovan on Federal Grant Criteria
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 2:02pmIt pays to attend the Congress - potentially in federal funds for your community.
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