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Schizophrenic Policy Makers Pursue Buying Economic Development
<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">My local community recently got into political spat as the city, county and state negotiated the terms of a deal to attract a major corporation to bring a facility to the community. In the interest of high-quality growth, tens of millions in dollars and various perks were offered to attract a very well-heeled corporate player. In the meantime, Floridians frustrated with the inability of government to be willing or able to keep up with growth in terms of providing the requisite infrastructure; sewer, water, transportation, etc., increased the pressure on governments to have new development pay for growth rather than having it increase the tax burden on existing residents. Let's see:
Seattle's Workforce Grappling With Housing Shortage
<p>The city is revisiting its affordable housing programs, which currently do little to help moderate-income residents who are increasingly priced out of homeownership.</p>
Town's Smart Growth Vision Remains Unrealized
<p>Residents of one Upstate New York town have spent 4 years trying to transform a former hospital site into an mixed-use town center, without success.</p>
The Not-So-Evergreen State
<p>Widespread development in Washington has changed the landscape of the state from forests to houses. Experts are predicting a further loss of more than 300,000 acres of forests within the next several years.</p>
Do We Need To Rethink Gentrification?
<p>A growing number of scholars argue that traditional ideas about the causes of gentrification, as well as the winners and losers, may be unfit to describe the complex processes happening in modern day cities.</p>
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A Glimpse of California's Past
<p>Travel a few miles outside of Santa Barbara and you’ll encounter a truly rare scene – rare for coastal California in the year 2007, that is.
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So Many Cities, So Much Mediocrity
<p>Here's an item that should be more than enough to make you spew your morning latte all over the Starbucks: </p><p> In a <a href="http://www.mercerhr.com/summary.jhtml?idContent=1173105" target="_blank">survey</a>, conducted last year and released yesterday by Mercer Consulting, ranking the top 50 global cities by quality of life, not a single American city cracks the top half. Zero. </p>
Mayor Releases 'Realistic' Plan For New Orleans
<p>The newly released blueprint by Mayor Ray Nagin and Recovery Chief Ed Blakely may be the type of practical redevelopment plan New Orleans has been waiting for all along.</p>
The World's Cleanest City
<p>A new survey has named Calgary the cleanest and most sanitary city in the world.</p>
Increase In Open Space For Portland Region
<p>The regional government in Portland, Oregon, has set its sights on buying up thousands of acres of scenic lands for open space and parks. The voter-approved buy is part of a plan to improve many of the region's public spaces.</p>
Getting Smart Growth Without Gentrification
<p>Planning activists in San Francisco are working to encourage infill development without neglecting social equity concerns.</p>
Bush's Forest Management Plan Ruled Illegal
<p>Federal forest management policy changes made by the Bush administration have been ruled illegal for not making proper environmental impact considerations.</p>
Seattle Drops Plans For Developer-Funded Parks
<p>Plans to use fees charged to developers for building parks and open spaces in Seattle have been abandoned.</p>
Retirement Communities That Reach For The Sky
<p>Wealthy retirees who value city living over golf courses are creating demand for new urban, high-rise retirement communities.</p>
Will Ikea Revolutionize Housing?
<p>The Swedish furniture company is hoping to capitalize on its design sense and efficient manufacturing to expand the market for prefabricated housing.</p>
Public Officials Required To Bike To Work
<p>Under new rules put in place by Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, public officials in Mexico City are required to ride their bikes to work at least once per month.</p>
When Eminent Domain Arrives In Your Junk Mail
<p>Marcos M. Villatoro responds to receiving a "clumsy, ham-fisted" form letter from the Los Angeles Unified School District informing him that his house is one of the many to be taken to build a new elementary school.</p>
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New Urbanism is great, if you're rich
<p>So I went to see two new New Urbanist communities this weekend - <a href="http://www.warwick-grove.com">Warwick Grove</a> in the Mid-Hudson Valley, about 50 miles from NYC, and <a href="http://www.sharbell.com/html/plainsborovillagecenter.html">Plainsboro Village Center</a> in central N.J.</p>
What Is The Risk Of Climate Change To Your Home?
<p>A new web tool offers a way to check the climate risk of individual homes. The service is a collaboration between a private firm and three University of Arizona scientists.</p>
The Suburban Vision of 'Radiant City'
<p>A new documentary called Radiant City paints a peculiar portrait of contemporary suburbia.</p>
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
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