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Meet Glenwood Park, Atlanta’s new showcase neighborhood of smart growth and green design

July 22, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

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atlanta, brownfields, community, glenwoodpark, greenbuilding, markettransformation, neighborhood, smartercities, smartgrowth

  If you're looking for an example of a newly designed and built neighborhood that embodies just about all things smart and green, I know of few that can rival Glenwood Park in Atlanta.  Just a decade ago, the neighborhood's site...continued

Georgia voters approve important smart growth funding amendment

November 6, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

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amendment2, atlanta, atlantabeltline, atlanticstation, communitydevelopment, georgia, revitalization, smartgrowth, taxallocationdistricts

  Those of us who, like me, are big fans of showcase smart growth projects in Georgia such as Atlantic Station and the Atlanta BeltLine have been holding our breath over a constitutional amendment that was before Georgia voters this...continued

The country’s best smart growth project – the Atlanta Beltline

March 14, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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atlanta, beltline, cityparks, neighborhood, publictransportation, smartgrowth, sustainabledevelopment, transit, workforcehousing

I’m a bit fickle about this.  At first I was sure the country's best example of smart growth was Atlantic Station, in Atlanta.  Then I thought it was one of the iconic transit-oriented developments in the west, The Crossings in Silicon Valley or...continued

Kaid Benfield
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...
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