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Chicago area communities restore brick streets for aesthetics and traffic-calming.

Activists in Chicago are seeking private funding for a pedestrian bridge.

As the demand for organic foods increases, suppliers are importing crops from overseas, calling into question some of the environmental benefits.

The quaint lumber company town of Scotia, California, fears a merger with its slightly larger, but economically-depressed neighbor across the river.

King County, Washington, offers permanent apartments for "chronic public inebriates" who are allowed to drink in their new homes.