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July 2, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice
, Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- community, detroit, historicpreservation, landbanks, neighborhood, recession, revitalization, rustbelt, shrinkingcities, smartercities, smartgrowth, sprawl, vacantproperties
Warning: this is a long one. Readers 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). The song became a monster hit for...continued→
June 11, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice
, Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- campusmartius, community, detroit, neighborhood, recession, revitalization, smartgrowth, urbanvillages
I hope that, by the end of this week, Red Wings fans are celebrating, and that's nothing against Pittsburgh, a fine city with fine people, at least the ones I know. But Pittsburgh already has a professional...continued→
April 6, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield
- Tags:
- basketball, detroit, finalfour, michigan, michiganstate, nationalchampionship
Everyone who knows me personally knows that I am a passionate college basketball fan. And tonight I will be rooting for the Spartans of Michigan State to bring home the national championship in Detroit. It's natural to root for the...continued→
March 30, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- centralcities, community, detroit, downtown, homeprices, recession, smartgrowth, unemployment, urbanpolicy, washingtondc
A number of things came across my desk or computer screen in the last few days that all point to the benefits of strong central cities in dealing with the recession. First, a story by Alejandro Lazo in Saturday's Washington...continued→