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An impressive month for the federal sustainability partnership
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 10:42amIn a breathtaking series of press conferences and releases as well as a major report, the federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities, which is led by EPA, HUD, and the Department of Transportation, have rolled out coordinated, multiple announcements of federal assistance to an impressive and wide array of sustainability projects across t
We're losing an acre of farmland every minute, but smart growth may be slowing the rate
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Thu, 10/14/2010 - 9:41pmPeter Calthorpe on Smart Neighborhood-Building
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Wed, 09/22/2010 - 2:28pmPeter Calthorpe was one of my early inspirations for getting into this field. I read Peter's work in the mid-1990s, and,as an advocate for a major national environmental organization, I felt for the first time that I had a positive
Tax revenue from downtown mixed-use outperforms big-box superstores and malls
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 7:40amAnalysis of property tax revenues from Sarasota, Florida reveals that mixed-use, compact development outperforms Walmarts and conventional shopping malls by a considerable margin when compared on a revenue-per-acre basis. So writes one of our better observers of the built environment, Mary Newsom,
Winners and losers in the latest round of federal transit grants
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 8:05amLast week, federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced $293 million in new federal grants for major transit improvements, including new streetcars, buses, and transit facilities. The Federal Transit Administration awarded the grants under two programs, funding six new streetcar and bus rapid transit projects (collectively $130 million) from the Federal Transit Administration's <
Fed up with the oil spill? Stop sprawl, support revitalization
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Fri, 06/04/2010 - 12:05pmEnraged at the spill in the Gulf and the American appetite for oil that ultimately caused it?
Shop windows: an endangered species?
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 9:01amTwo weeks ago, I wrote a post on my NRDC blog (‘Walkability 101-A’) drawing from Washington architect
Housing market strengthens for smart growth: dramatic new data from the DC area
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 7:12amThe housing market is trending ever more dramatically toward smart growth. A look at recent home sales data in the Washington, DC metro area shows how.
The Rise of YIMBY Environmentalism: a Personal Journey for Earth Day
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 7:23amRecently, I attended the annual conference of the American Planning Association, where I was invited to speak.
Taking revitalization to the next level: Denver’s Living City Block
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 10:15amThe Living City Block is an ambitious project in Denver’s LoDo (Lower Downtown) to demonstrate the potential of combining environmentally conscious business and economic development with revitalizat