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Historic Shaker Village Saved From Sprawl
The only remaining active Shaker community in the world has teamed up with 10 other conservation and preservation groups to curb sprawl and preserve their heritage.
Smart Growth Scorecards
The Growth Management Leadership Alliance lists scorecards developed by states and cities to help determine if a project meets principles of smart growth.
Downtown Vancouver: 'Living First' Becomes 'Condos Only'
Is downtown Vancouver becoming a fool's paradise because of short-sighted planning? People are moving downtown to live and play here, but not to work.
Housing Prices Hit All-Time High
Single home prices set a record over the past year.
America's Most Liberal And Conservative Cities
A new study ranks the liberal and conservative political leanings of 237 American cities.
Panhandling Banned In Downtown Atlanta
Despite several protests, a measure to ban panhandling in downtown Atlanta is expected to be signed.
Volunteer Architecture
Public Architecture calculates that one percent of the standard 2,080-hour work year would total 20 pro bono hours per annum.
MA Prepares To Take Over Big Dig
The contract for completion ends on December 31st, but there's still a lot of work ahead.
Brand Your City
Smart City interviews Chicago's branding expert, Paul O'Connor, about how to brand a city.
Conservation Easements Gaining Popularity
More and more property owners are donating their land to trusts to preserve the property.
Transit Best Practices In National Parks
A new report from the UK provides quantitative and qualitative data on the costs and benefits of transit options for national parks.
Downtown: A Great Place To Work, Not To Live
According to Joel Kotkin, don't make plans to trade your suburban house for a downtown loft just yet.
Helicopters Invade Boston's Fenway Neighborhood
As air traffic increases around Fenway Park so to do the complaints from the neighborhood's residents about noise pollution.
Housing-related Employment: An Impending Disaster
An editorial explains why housing related employment is a disaster waiting to happen.
Balancing Property Taxes And Growth In Idaho
Idaho's property taxes are rising rapidly to keep up with population growth. Idahoans don't like it.
Is Urban Sprawl Keeping Cities Cool?
New research indicates that cities in Europe with urban sprawl aren't as susceptible to global warming.
California's Ocean Economy
A new report highlights the importance of the ocean and coast to California's economy.
Intelligent Warming Theory
Another climate-skeptic argument comes up short as two independent studies find errors in the how old temperature records were calculated.
Selling Your Neighborhood. A New Trend?
Residents in neighborhoods across the US are offering properties collectively for much more than they are worth individually.
Bush Surrenders Battle In Signing Transportation Bill
President Bush's vow to fight Congressional 'earmarking' dies a quiet death with the signing of the new $286 million Federal Transportation Bill.
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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