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Beloved and Abandoned: A Platting Named Portland - read before Transportation Summit Nov 4-6 in Portland
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 11:19amFor those coming to the CNU Transportation Summit Nov 4-6 in Portland, OR http://www.cnu.org/transportation2009, I'd like to recommend that you read the discussion on Planetizen titled Beloved and Aba
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CNU at the fire code hearings: Here we go...
Submitted by Jon Davis on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 9:51amBALTIMORE -- CNU’s proposed changes to the International Fire Code will be heard and either approved or rejected within the next two hou
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Urbanist in Chief is shaping the nation's policy, CNU's Norquist tells Washington Post
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 9:14pmToday's Washington Post has a round-up of President Obama's efforts to make sure cities and
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CNU Members, Go Electronic and Help CNU Save Paper and Money
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 9:24amCNU members can now switch to an electronic New Urban News subscription to reduce paper waste and save CNU money.
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John Wasik's The Cul de Sac Syndrome: Give it to your lay friends
Submitted by logannash on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 8:22amJohn Wasik’s book The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome, published this year by Bloomberg Press, reads a bit like a college intro class about the crisis of the American home.
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How could CNU be a more supportive community?
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Tue, 09/08/2009 - 9:30amIn honor of Labor Day, the Social Justice Minister for First Unitarian of Portland* had three people tell their stories about how this time of transition has affected them and how they’ve been handl
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Retail and Sustainability
Submitted by CRenner on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 8:52pmTwo interesting, but unrelated, observations about the evolving role of retail in society.
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Sustainable Urbanists should revitalize abandoned cities first.
Submitted by bgrzebik@inters... on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 12:33pmA recent article on WebUrbanist's blog, "Abandonment: 8 Cities That Might Not Make It" written by "Mike", (no last name listed), makes me think - why can't we revitalize these cities first before buil
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What’s the future of post-sprawl retail?
Submitted by logannash on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 10:37amCNU board member Ellen Dunham-Jones is featured in the current issue of the Harvard Business Review ... read more »
Sprawling on Fumes: Book by Forbes writer explores life at $20 per gallon — and sees upside to end of cheap motoring
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 12:55pmKai Ryssdal had an ear-opening interview on public radio's Marketplace this week with Chris Steiner, Forbes w
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