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Boston's Asian CDC Brings Urban Vision, Fun, and Affordability to Chinatown
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 4:47pm.Every summer, Boston’s Asian Community Development Corporation has been hosting an informal grassroots Asian film festival in a vacant lot near the city’s Chinatown Gate.
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10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania gives top Commonwealth Award to Looney Ricks Kiss's Florin Hill
Submitted by logannash on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 3:11pm.10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, an organization promoting smart growth policies and development in the state, has announced the winner of its 2009 Charter Awards.
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Obama administration announces cabinet-level partnership for sustainable communities
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 1:09pm.This is awesome. Here is an excerpt from yesterday’s joint press release:
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Urbanist, or just urban? A community coming together in East Hollywood
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 7:09pm.I spend what is probably way too much time pondering whether there is a difference between "urbanist" and "urban," and whether there should be.
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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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Simply Enough, Affordable Apartments in High-Rent Locations
Submitted by sberner on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 5:12pm.In this article from the San Francisco Chronicle, John King addresses the issue of finding affordable housing in a high-rent location for residents who have a lower income than the area's average clie
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HOPE VI reauthorization passes House
Submitted by paytonc on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 9:58pm.HOPE VI, the acclaimed federal grant program for public housing redevelopment that was guided by New Urbanist design principles (see Part One and
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Two Years Later: Displaced Gulf Coast Residents 'Stuck and Suicidal'
Submitted by Joe Menard on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 3:12pm.The controversial aftermath of hurricane Katrina has been widely documented - a delayed response from FEMA and charges of racism against the government from affected locals. Two years later many displaced citizens are forced to live in FEMA trailers that offer little comfort or sense of community.
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Wealthy towns must have affordable homes
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sun, 07/29/2007 - 1:52pm.Rich communities should not be allowed to outsource their obligation to provide affordable housing.
A plan to stop packing affordable housing into cities is running into opposition from New Jersey League of Municipalities members. Contending the organization is concerned about urban areas losing reh... read more »
Wrestling Again With the Affordability Issue
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 9:23pm.Does New Urbanism have anything to contribute to national efforts to develop better housing for the less affluent?
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