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The Barbarian At The AICP Gate

Contrarian planner Rich Carson spoke at the AICP Symposium in New Orleans and provided his negative assessment of professional certification.

March 30 - New Planning Meridian

Preservationists Win Victory In California

The State high court ruled that cities cannot lift landmark status from historic homes without environmental review.

March 30 - The Los Angeles Times

A New Ethnic Order In Southern California

Latinos have ascended to dominance in L.A. and nonwhites came to outnumber whites according to census data now out.

March 30 - The Los Angeles Times

Fort Lauderdale To Revitalize City's Poorest Section

After a decade of debate on how to revitalize Fort Lauderdale's northwest area, city leaders agreed this week to pay for a $45 million, five-year project aimed at revitalizing the City's poorest section.

March 30 - Sun-Sentinel

Is California Running Out Of Land?

A shortage of developable land in California may change how the state grows.

March 30 - California Planning and Development Report


Pittsburgh Tests New Bus Safety System

A new collision avoidance system is being tested by Carnegie Mellon University on 100 city public transit buses.

March 30 - American Planning Association

The Internet Changes Land Use Planning

How will the development of the Internet and telecommunications change the nature of land use?

March 30 - Governing


San Francisco Will Lose 80% Of Dot-Coms

A report by real estate company Cushman & Wakefield Inc. predicts that the dot-com industry in S.F. will collapse in the next year.

March 30 - Wall St. Journal

Park On A Bridge

Planners are looking to put a park-on-a-bridge over Fort Washington Way in downtown Cincinnati.

March 29 - The Cincinnati Post

Regional Tax Revenue Sharing Would Slow Sprawl

A new report from the Sierra Club touts the benefits of regional taxrevenue sharing with the ultimate aim of curbing sprawl.

March 29 - Sierra Club

Federal Buildings And Revitilization

A large federal facility can have a dramatic impact on the vitality and livability of a community. Government planners are recognizing this.

March 29 - Governing

Sun City Project Scales Back

This Texas developer is taking the unusual step of limiting development in order to increase revenues.

March 29 - Austin American-Statesmen

The Politics Of Smart Growth

An slate of "Smart Growth" Supervisors get elected ... and then threaten their mandate by actually trying to define the term.

March 29 - Governing

Is Smart Growth A Bad Idea?

Critics say "smart growth" is great if your dream is to live in a noisy apartment, take a crowded train to work and never see a tree, but it is hardly a model for a utopian society.

March 29 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

The Tale Of Two Cities: L.A. & The Valley

The LAFCO report is out and it says that the Valley City proposal is viable. A secession vote is sure to come.

March 29 - The Los Angeles Times

Recycling Sewage Water Into Tap Water

A $600-million program to convert recycled sewage for taps is nearing approval in Southern California.

March 29 - The Los Angeles Times

The Most Polluted City In America

Can Butte, Montana -- perhaps the most polluted city in the U.S. -- capitalize on its contamination?

March 29 - The Atlantic Monthly

High-tech Boomtown To Ghost Town?

Internet companies are facing massive layoffs and closing up shop in the Bay Area. How will this impact real estate in the region?

March 29 - CNET News

Drawling The Line On New Development

Proposed development tests Orange County, Florida's, Urban Service Boundary.

March 29 - Orlando Business Journal

More Hispanics Than Blacks In Florida

Census 2000 numbers indicate a rapidly growing Hispanic population in Florida.

March 28 - The New York Times

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