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Low Salaries Causing Shortage Of Planners

Suburban counties are desperate to hire experts to manage growth but the jobs don't offer incentive for the few new graduates.

December 26 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Community Support Helps Neighborhood Thrive

Queen City in South Dallas has grown from a neglected and "endangered historic area" to a thriving neighborhood.

December 26 - Dallas News

Radical Housing Initiatives

President Clinton is making dramatic changes to housing policy. But what happens when the new president takes office?

December 26 - CBS News

A 1,200-acre Park For Los Angeles

This proposed Baldwin Hills Park would be bigger than Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and have an amazing view.

December 26 - The Los Angeles Times

City Planning Expert Dunham Dies At 71

Daniel C. Dunham, an architect and expert on city planning, died on Dec. 19 in New York.

December 26 - The New York Times


Homeless Families On The Rise

The problem of homelessness is getting worse. The gap between the demand for affordable housing and supply is making families with children the fastest growing segment of the homeless population in the U.S.

December 26 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Environmental Policy Update

A discussion on the possible changes in environmental policies of the upcoming Bush administration and a conversation with EPA administrator Carol Browner.

December 26 - National Public Radio


Realtors Put Technology To Work

As the number of people using the Internet to research home and neighborhood grows, a new service uses technology to help realtors.

December 26 - The Boston Globe

Putting A Price On The Value Of Open Space

How important is open space to the economic prosperity of an area?

December 26 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Robert Venturi To Design Media Center

Award-winning architect Robert Venturi will design a media center with a "media element" and "electronic iconography."

December 26 - Chicago Sun-Times

Las Vegas-style Gaming In Cities?

How California handles requests for urban casinos in Northern California may set the future of Las Vegas-style gaming in cities.

December 25 - The Los Angeles Times

Restoring The Missouri River?

Is the damning of the Missouri River an example of how the Army Corps of Engineers has overstepped its bounds?

December 25 - The Christian Science Monitor

Largest Protected Reserve Created

The newly-created Hawaiian Reef Reserve is the largest protected area in the U.S.

December 25 - CBS News

Middle Class Gets Help Buying Homes

An innovative lease-purchase program aims to help middle-class citizens with homeownership in the Bay Area where median home price is more than $300,000.

December 25 - AECDirect

A Hot Real Estate Market...For Frogs

Why are developers scrambling to buy frog habitat?

December 25 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Homeless Receive $1 Billion Present

President Clinton and HUD announce a historic $1 billion in grants to help the homeless.

December 25 - The Washington Post

Black Churches Renewing Neighborhoods

African American churches are revitalizing neglected neighborhoods by providing housing, schools and financing.

December 24 - The Los Angeles Times

Light Rail Won't Help Puget Sound

A Seattle Times columnist questions whether light transit is the right solution for Puget Sound.

December 24 - The Seattle Times

New EPA Action Dramatically Cuts Truck Emissions

"This is the biggest vehicle pollution news since the removal of lead from gasoline," says the Natural Resources Defense Council .

December 24 - CBS News

States Ranked By Per Capita Development

A study by the American Planning Association ranks 49 states according to the per capita development rate.

December 24 - American Planning Association

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