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DPZ Receives Green Award from USGBC Charlotte Chapter and Charlotte Business Journal
Submitted by crandell on Thu, 03/27/2008 - 2:59pmIt's great to see our members getting well-deserved recognition for their great work:
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New Urbanism could be NE Illinois' guiding philosophy ... if you act now
Submitted by Jon Davis on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 4:08pmAs CNU XVI: New Urbanism and the Booming Metropolis draws nigh, an opportunity to help make big plans drops into the laps of Chicago-area new urbanists.
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Smart growth and regulation aren't the same thing
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 3:37pmMost debate over the relationship between smart growth, zoning regulations, and housing prices divides city and state governemnts into two categories: (a) laissez-faire, pro-sprawl governments and (b)
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A New Chapter for Michigan Urbanism
Submitted by crandell on Thu, 02/14/2008 - 3:21pmMichigan new urbanists will soon have a new chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism to help focus their efforts in creating a more walkable, sustainable, neighborhood-based Michigan.
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New Urbanism and the other half of the city?
Submitted by JimDrew on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 3:58pmI have been reading literature on New Urbanism for nearly four years now and I am also a student of Sociology which has set me on a collision course to combine the two subjects into one question, how
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Applause (and Some Tough Issues) in Gulfport
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Tue, 02/05/2008 - 11:42pmGulfport has been one of the Gulf Coast cities to watch since the days (and nights) of the new urbanist-led Mississippi Renewal Forum in 2005, where city officials led by tireless Mayor Brent Warr log
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Florida Chapter Annual Conference Recap
Submitted by JMurley on Mon, 02/04/2008 - 4:39pmDoug Farr, Victor Dover, John Norquist and I participated in a special half day session prior to the 4th Annual CNU Florida Chapter meeting last week. It was a sell out.
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Why Rate Neighborhood Design?
Submitted by Laurence Aurbach on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 8:49amThis essay discusses the reasons for neighborhood ratings, which can be grouped into six broadly overlapping categories: communication, recognition, planning, marketing, research and investing.
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The contrarian myth
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 01/24/2008 - 2:52pmFor some reason, defenders of the sprawl status quo are often referred to as "contrarian." For example, if you google "Joel Kotkin" and "contrarian" you get 498 hits.
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Campbell Soup says it's determined to stay in Camden. Sprawling Office Campus plans ignore transportation assets.
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 6:15pmCampbell Soup, the last Fortune 500 company in Camden, suffered a severe blow to its plans to create a 110-acre office park on the Admiral Wilson Boulevard when a judge invalidated its development pla
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