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Friday Eye Candy: 300 Years of Land Use Transformation

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January 11, 2019 - CityLab

A Transportation Benefit District That Also Benefits the Police Department

The city of Woodland, Washington, offers a case study in government funding. Voters there will consider a sales tax as part of its transportation benefit district, but the benefit could extend to the police department as well.

October 25, 2016 - The Columbian

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The Curious Case of a Solar-Power-Hating North Carolina Town

A simple case of City Council rejecting a zoning change for a new solar facility blew up into an international case of clickbait trolling.

December 15, 2015 - Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald

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