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Second Home Owners Engaging In Activism
<p>Vacation home owners are getting involved in local issues in their second communities.</p>
Flood Risks Persist In New Orleans
<p>A recent report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has revealed that despite billions of dollars in improvements, many areas of New Orleans still face a significant threat of flooding.</p>
Big City Farming On the 20th Floor
<p>'Vertical farming' -- the idea of growing crops and livestock in high-rise buildings -- could be a solution to the high environmental costs of transporting food from distant farms to dense urban areas.</p>
New Orleans Woos South Florida's Construction Firms
<p>With nearly $17 billion dollars available for reconstruction, New Orleans officials are calling upon south Florida's construction firms to help handle the demand.</p>
How A Blighted Downtown Is Resurrected
<p>Once-blighted areas of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, have seen huge increases in development and property values recently -- a trend many attribute to public initiatives that encourage private investors. But other factors are also causing the boom.</p>
Streetcars Seeding Economic Development Across U.S.
<p>While some decry streetcars as expensive and inefficient, evidence is building in cities across the U.S. that the systems can serve as powerful boons to economic development.</p>
New Yorkers OK Congestion Pricing, With One Exception
<p>A majority of New Yorkers say they would support the proposed congestion pricing plan for the city if it guaranteed that transit fares and bridge tolls would not increase.</p>
Shaping America's Cities: Part 2 - A Debate Over Smart Growth
<p>Author Robert Bruegmann and activist Gloria Ohland debate Smart Growth.</p>
Which Cities Will Be Abandoned by 2100?
<p>A special Forbes series on the Future of Cities includes estimations about the types of communities and major cities may face extinction by 2100.</p>
Guerrilla Bike Lanes
<p>After a plan to add bike lanes falls behind schedule, cycling activists paint their own bike lanes.</p>
World's Most Expensive Cities Named
<p>Moscow is the world's most expensive city, at 35% more expensive than living in new York. Asuncion in Paraguay is the least expensive city for the fifth year running.</p>
Designing The Car Of The Future
<p>The car of the future may not come from Detroit but from NASA, MIT's Media Lab or Silicon Valley.</p>
Lack Of Affordable Housing Hits Migrant Workers Hardest
<p>A high supply of jobs is bringing large amounts of migrant workers into the Pacific Northwest. But few affordable housing options exist, leaving many with no place to go.</p>
Google To Fund Plug-in Hybrid Car Development
<p>Internet search giant Google will give $10 million to support the development of plug-in hybrid cars.</p>
Flood Prospect Sparks Violent Opposition To Dam Project
<p>Plans to build a dam on the Nile River have incited protests, outrage, and even violence as Sudanese villagers demonstrate their opposition to a project that would flood them out of their ancient homeland.</p>
Indoor Activities Cut Time Kids Spend Outdoors
<p>A number of studies have detailed the decreasing amount of time children spend outdoors -- a revelation that is prompting policy makers to look for ways to pull kids away from indoor activities such as video games and the Internet.</p>
New York Plans To Pay The Poor
<p>In a move to address poverty in the city, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has started a program that will pay low-income residents for doing things perceived to break the cycle of poverty, such as visiting a doctor and attending school regularly.</p>
Shaping America's Cities: Part 1 - A Debate Over Sprawl
<p>Author Robert Bruegmann and activist Gloria Ohland debate over urban sprawl.</p>
Amazon Tribe Looks To Use Google Earth To Prevent Logging
<p>A Brazilian tribe is in talks with Google to use its satellite imaging program to monitor and prevent illegal logging in the tribal reservation of more than 600,000 acres in the Amazon rainforest.</p>
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"I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help you"
<p>Local officials are rightfully leery of someone who shows up at their doorstep and proclaims, "I'm from the U.S. Government ... and I'm here to help you." That probably goes double for the Environmental Protection Agency. But when a team arrives from the EPA’s Smart Growth office, rather than scrambling to bar the door, local officials greet them with open arms — because they really do provide essential assistance.</p>
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