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Sustainable? Not CNU's Charter Award
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 5:38pmAccording to NJ State Senator Gordon's office on Sept. 15, 2009, NJ Gov. Corzine killed Smart Growth in NJ as soon as he came into office years ago, and it has been dead ever since. Sen.
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Sensible Ideas from the Right on How Smart Growth and New Urbanism Save Taxpayers Money
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 09/03/2009 - 2:26pmExamples such as Reconnecting America's Conservatives and Public Transit by Robert Weyrich and Bill Lind aside, there's been a
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Smart growth must become more demanding, more community-oriented, and greener (literally)
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 10:46amIs it any wonder that neighbors continue to oppose density (oops, I meant "compact development") when what we have been giving them is lousy? We smart growth advocates have gotten lazy.
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Nathan Norris from Placemakers debuts Version 2.2 of Smart Growth Schools Report Card
Submitted by bgrzebik@inters... on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 9:39amThe Smart Growth Schools website http://www.smartgrowthschools.org/about.html is designed to make it easier for people to understand how they can improve their communities and schools by considering i
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Bill Hudnut on How to Fix Transportation Planning
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 1:35pmAs I have written before, I believe most of the issues of growth, mobility, equity and the env
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Making Smart Urbanism Even Greener with LID
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 10:25amMy NRDC colleague Rachel Sohmer has produced a wonderful slide show illustrating how low-impact-development techniques for reducing stormwater runoff (sometimes called "green infrastructure") can succ
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10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania gives top Commonwealth Award to Looney Ricks Kiss's Florin Hill
Submitted by logannash on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:11am10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, an organization promoting smart growth policies and development in the state, has announced the winner of its 2009 Charter Awards.
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"Shrinking Cities": Let's Be Careful What We Wish For
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 11:51amReaders of a certain age will remember Joni's Mitchell's iconic anthem "Woodstock," celebrating the famous 1969 music festival (which, incidentally, she did not attend, but I digress).
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Tax greenfield development, subsidize infill
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 8:49amI recently ran across a terrific post on T. Caine's sustainability blog Intercon extolling climate change policy to get on the smart growth bandwagon.
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New numbers prove smart growth reduces CO2, cost-effectively
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 9:27amFor the most part, the climate change establishment - whether in government, industry, or the environmental community - has ignored the potential of land use strategies to provide significant reductio
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