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Submit Smart Growth Award Nominations!
Submitted by lili.rudis on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 11:32amThe deadline to nominate an individual, project, policy, or organization for the 2012 Smart Growth Awards has been extended to Febraury 17th. The annual event honors leaders advancing Smart Growth initiatives.
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Send A Letter to Congress in Support of EPA Smart Growth Program Funding!
Submitted by lili.rudis on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 11:58am
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The EPA Smart Growth Awards
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 4:24pmThe EPA announced the winners of the 2011 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement today, and CNU's fingerprints left a heavy imprint this year. Congrats to CNU Board Chair Victor Dover and Dover-Kohl Partners for recognition of their work on Plan El Paso, and to CNU Board Member Doug Farr for hi... read more »
Doug Farr to Accept Award at Smart Growth Achievement Ceremony
Submitted by lili.rudis on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 10:34amTune in to watch the live webcast of the EPA Office of Sustainable Communities 2011 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement ceremony.
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Norquist Speaks at Smart Growth Summit
Submitted by lili.rudis on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 11:44am
John Norquist, President and CEO of CNU, was a keynote speaker at this year's Smart Growth Summit in Melville, New York, on Friday November 18th. The Summit included a series of workshops and lectures highlighting the benefits of Smart Growth developments. Under the theme of "Crisis and... read more »
Norquist will be keynote speaker at 2011 Smart Growth Summit
Submitted by lili.rudis on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 11:27amJohn Norquist, President & CEO of CNU, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at this year's Smart Growth Summit in Melville, New York, Friday November 18th.
The Summit will include a series of workshops and lectures to highlight Smart Growth success stories and to discuss what can be don... read more »
House Appropriations Committee Votes to Cut Smart Growth Funding
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 4:21pm
The following comes direct from the Smart Growth America blog, in response to legislation just passed by the House Appropriations Committee:
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Smart Growth vs. Intelligent Cities - What's the Difference!?
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 12:36amPlanetizen has an interesting post by Brent Toderain, Director of City Planning in Vancouver, British Columbia, about smart growth, intelligent cities and everything in between. Thoughtful.
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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 - 9:41pm41 million acres of rural land has been permanently lost in the last 25 years to highways, shopping malls, poorly planned sprawl and other development, according to
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#CNU18 Finding the right political language
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 6:23pmIs "livability" a reckless extravagance under current economic conditions? Too purely aesthetic? Not practical enough? And what about "sustainability"? It's become the accepted language of many in the political class, as well as enlightened designers and builders. But it's not everybody's language.
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