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Native American Veto Rights On Development
Native Americans are pushing for veto powers over development projects in California that impact historically-significant sites.
Lots Of Progress In Rebuilding Downtown
Just a week before the first anniversary of 9/11, New York City has made impressive progress in restoring vital infrastructure in Lower Manhattan.
Infrastructure As Civic Art
Milwaukee's new 6th Street bridge is a bold and daring design for a walkable city -- and one that the Department of Transportation nearly refused.
HUD Program Helps Tenants Become Homeowners
A new program allows low-income families to realize the American Dream.
San Jose's $2.1 Billion Affordable Housing Plan
San Jose's Mayor proposes California's largest program for a region where rapidly risng housing costs are forcing many middle-income families to leave.
Green Line Between Cities To Prevent Sprawl
An agreement between two California cities would establish a permanent green line of prime farmland preserve between the cities.
Planning Boston's Central Artery: Who Decides?
Who will moderate among the dumb ideas being submitted for Boston's Central Artery?
Global Warming Increases Wildfire Risk
Combined factors will tend to increase underbrush and fuel load.
Architects Seek Permanence Of Los Angeles
Architecture critic Leon Whiteson discusses the relationship between Los Angeles and its avant-garde architects.
Sprawl Can Lead To Water Shortages
Fast-growing cities are taking water away from farmers.
Teacher, What's Sprawl?
Activists in Texas are trying to get "un-American concepts" such as restricting urban sprawl excluded from school curriculum and textbooks.
Utah Cities Itching For TRAX Light Rail
Cities are putting up thousands of dollars to become part of the regional light rail system.
A Governor's Race Silent On Growth
Don't count on a debate about growth during this year's California race for governor.
A Daring Vision For New York
In the last three decades New York has seen few major public planning projects. To maintain its position as a global city, New York needs to "think big."
Housing Affordability: Is Smart Growth The Problem, Or The Solution?
David Goldberg examines whether smart growth become an anti-growth tool to ban multi-family housing construction.
Finding Solutions To Traffic Gridlock
Nearly every local and state political race in Montgomery County, Maryland is focusing on one issue: traffic congestion.
How To Builld A Creative City
Newsweek examines the common features of international cultural meccas. How does your city shape up?
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Housing Affordability: Is Smart Growth the Problem, or the Solution?
Does smart growth provide a means to forward the development of affordable communities? Or has it become an anti-growth tool to ban multi-family housing construction?
Seattle Monorail Under Debate
Officials dispute ridership estimates for Seattle's proposed Green Line.
Old Neighborhood To Disappear in A High-Density Suburban Renewal
A developer in Northern Virginia is buying up the lots in an older subdivsion and plans to raze the houses and build a new high density community.
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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