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The Nation's Capital Of Marital Bliss
The Phoenix suburb of Gilbert has the the higest proportion of married-couple households.
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Can Houston Be Retrofit?
Houston has never made small plans. Now the city is developing an ambitious plan to retrofit a city that has been shaped by sprawl.
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The Secret To Urban Revival
What makes a downtown work? People. The Arizona Republic examines success stories across the U.S.
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Advantages Of Being The Fastest-growing County
Maricopa County's tremendous growth has translated into up to $200 million in unexpected property tax funds.
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University Of Arizona To Cut Planning, Architecture
University of Arizona cutbacks include a recommendation for elimination of the School of Landscape Architecture and School of Planning.
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Phoenix's New Underground People Mover
A new underground people mover will ferry passengers from Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport to the proposed light rail system.
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Grocery Site Goes To Single-family Homes
Scottsdale, AZ bought the 13-acre grocery site in 2001 expressly to control its development.
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Phoenix To Be Hispanic-Majority In Five Years
Phoenix, AZ is expected to be a Hispanic-majority city by 2007.
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The End Of Cheap Water?
Arizona has some of the lowest residential water rates in the nation but that could change soon.
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Transportation Plan Focuses On People, Not Cars
A new comprehensive transportation plan for Tempe, AZ, focusses on moving people, not cars.
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Arizona's Rural Lifestyle Is In Jeopardy
Lately, there have been more than a few ominous developments for those trying to maintain the wildness of the remote mountain lands of southern Apache County in Arizona.
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Neighbors Fencing Themselves Up And Out
Tall fences are popping up all over Phoenix. The city's solution? Legalize it.
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Phoenix: Grow Or Rot
"Annex or rot" is the cornerstone philosophy of Phoenix's urban policy.
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$20 Million Affordable Housing Donation
Arizonia Philanthropist Jerry Bisgrove is proposing one of the states largest donations to fund affordable housing for the working poor.
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Banking On Sports Stadia
Greater Phoenix's West Valley hopes its emerging network of sports facilities will become thriving hubs of activity.
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Arizona Parks Suffering At Hands Of Looters
Trying to keep visitors and entrepreneurs from stealing from Arizona's understaffed national parks is a losing battle.
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As Goes California, So Goes Arizona
Cultural and development trends continue migrating from California to Arizona, even the positive ones.
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Businesses Fear LRT Construction
As Greater Phoenix moves toward its construction of the Valley Light Rail, local merchants are concerned that it will destroy their businesses.
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Living In The Phoenix Heat Island
The world's foremost "urban heat island" will adopt new design guidelines to reduce rising temperatures.
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AZ Tribal Development Plan Outlines Build-Out Of Prime Real Estate
The Salt River Reservation's plan phases growth along 9 square miles of land adjacent to Scottsdale.
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