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Giving new meaning to sports "training"

July 27, 2009

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

Tags:
baseball, cardinals, highspeedrail, smartgrowth, tgv, tourdefrance, trains, transportation

          Will more sports teams be taking the train to their next event instead of flying? I'm writing this on my laptop just minutes after watching the Tour de France finish another year in its storied history,...continued

Commuting to The Big Show – on a bike

August 25, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
baltimoreorioles, baseball, bicycling, camdenyards, commuting, revitalization

 The national pastime just notched another level of respect in my book, at least with regard to the Baltimore Orioles.  The stadium, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, already had good credentials among folks like me for really good stadium food,...continued

Play ball!

March 27, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

Tags:
ballpark, baseball, community, green-building, neighborhood, redevelopment, smartgrowth, stadium

 Fifteen blocks south of the US Capitol, at 8:05 pm this Sunday evening, a joyous thing will happen in Washington.  The city’s major league baseball team, the Washington Nationals, will take the field for their first official game at their new stadium,...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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