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Environmentalists Sue To Stop High-Tech Campus

Environmentalists are suing the city of San Jose to stop a new technology research park by Cisco Systems.

November 29 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Regional Transit Study To Cover 8 Counties

A fast track 18-month project will study the transit future for an eight-county region and its outcome could have a " far-ranging impact on future life in Western Pennsylvania."

November 29 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

JFK Aims To Build Green Campus

John F. Kennedy University aims to build the nation's first environmentally friendly campus.

November 29 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

City Council To Take Close Look At CRA

The LA City Council is considering taking over the management of the CRA. The City Controller says unlawful activity may have occurred.

November 29 - The Los Angeles Times

Half Of SC's Shoreline Unsafe

Contamination by urban runoff pervades over half of the shoreline from Santa Barbara to San Diego.

November 29 - The Los Angeles Times


Sprawl Vs. High-Density Housing

A survey shows that overcrowding in San Francisco has made residents more open to innovative housing concepts.

November 29 - The San Francisco Chronicle

New Fenway Park Hits Roadblocks

After an acrimonious hearing, a proposed $600 million new Fenway Park in Boston looks unlikely.

November 29 - The Boston Globe


Does Smart Growth Fit Digital Places?

Today's digital environments are fast, urban, tribal, universal, radical and ethical. And smart growth fits into this model.

November 29 - Urban Land Magazine

Preventing Crime With Design

A good building or community design can dramatically reduce the possibility of crime. Detroit offers several examples.

November 29 - The Detroit News

Jane Jacobs Still Shaping Cities

CNN features an in-depth discussion of the impact Jane Jacobs' books have had on the debate about urban sprawl.

November 29 - CNN

Seattle's Homeless Tent City

Seattle has vowed to close Tent City; residents say they won't leave.

November 29 - The Christian Science Monitor

FEATURE

Economic Gardening

Littleton, Colorado's healthier approach to economic development.

November 29 - Chris Gibbons

Dual-purpose Depots

Chicago's oldest suburbs face an "unprecedented train-station building boom."

November 28 - Chicago Sun-Times

Regional Summit on Traffic Congestion, Land Use

Official from Franklin County as well as surrounding counties will meet to discuss regional growth, traffic congestion and land use problems.

November 28 - The Columbus Dispatch

City Seeking To Lure Builders

Housing developers are shunning Philadelphia; here's what the city needs to do to bring them back.

November 28 - The Philadelphia Daily News

CRA Mishandled 7 Real Estate Deals

An audit discovered that the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency paid $1.57 million more than appraisals for land.

November 28 - The Los Angeles Times

New Urbanism: A Better Suburbia?

Is New Urbanism--a reaction to featureless sprawl--the "cure for suburbia's ills?"

November 28 - Chicago Sun-Times

Support For New Guggenheim

City will donate land and money for the proposed new Guggenheim museum in lower Manhattan expected to cost $678 million and to be designed by Frank O. Gehry.

November 28 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Appalachia's War: Poorest Struggle Back

First part of a three-part series about the rebirth of Appalachia.

November 28 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Appalachia: The Region's Status

Appalachia is 200,000-square-mile region that spans 13 states and is home to 22 million people.

November 28 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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