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The Obama administration’s remarkable week on sustainable cities, smart growth and revitalization

July 16, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:: choiceneighborhoods, community, donovan, DOT, globalwarming, HOPEVI, housing, HUD, lahood, neighborhood, obama, smartercities, smartgrowth, urbanpolicy

Wow. On Monday, before heading out to toss the first pitch at Tuesday's baseball All-Star Game, the president kicked off a White House forum on urban policy by criticizing past federal measures that have encouraged sprawl and promising a new...continued→

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Putting the "UD" in HUD - sustainably

May 5, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:: community, communitydevelopment, HOPEVI, HUD, metropolitanregions, neighborhood, planning, shaundonovan, smartgrowth

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan just gave a great speech to the Urban Land Institute in Atlanta. Here are some excerpts: "I would like to share my vision for the role HUD can play in creating the most...continued→

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: Kaid Benfield; Director, Smart Growth Program; Washington, DC; Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...; more→

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