<p>A new 85-unit apartment building in Harlem shows that affordable housing and green building practices can go hand in hand.</p>
May 3, 2008 Inhabitat
<p>A newspaper beer columnist writes that a good local bar is not just a place for drinks and socializing, it can attract business too.</p>
May 2, 2008 The Philadelphia Daily News
<p>A stretch of warehouses, parking lots, and rundown buildings in Minneapolis -- once envision as technology corridor -- has been instead been transformed into a thriving literary arts community, complete with new businesses and residences.</p>
May 2, 2008 The New York Times
<p>Seattle's new local food initiative will try to help provide access to health, fresh food in neighborhoods that are a long walk or bus ride from a supermarket.</p>
May 1, 2008 Seattle Post Intelligencer
<p>Officials in Youngstown, Ohio, hope to save money and strengthen their community by vacating sparsely populated neighborhoods, but homeowners in the targeted areas are reluctant to leave -- even with the city's $50,000 incentives.</p>
May 1, 2008 CNN Money
<p>Taxpayers typically contribute more than 50 percent of the cost of a new stadium or arena these days, but what are they getting for their money?</p>
Apr 30, 2008 The American
<p>The downturn in the economy could bring about major changes to the pattern of suburban sprawl development.</p>
Apr 30, 2008 Marketplace
One of the many signs that green development and design is reaching a tipping point toward becoming business-as-usual, is the quantity of articles and writings on the subject in what might be considered "mainstream" land development publications. Case-in-point is the current Issue of Urban Land, the Green issue. This attention is a good thing, despite the growing need to ensure that developments that play the green card, truly do walk the talk.
Opinion
Apr 28, 2008 By Brent Toderian
<p>As the housing industry flounders, New Urbanist developers are using the flexibility inherent in their community plans to their advantage.</p>
Apr 28, 2008 New Urban News
<p>That's how many are expected to inhabit the world by 2050. Experts worry over looming food shortages.</p>
Apr 28, 2008 The Christian Science Monitor
