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They are stardust. They are golden. But are they right about “shrinking cities”?

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

Is Detroit (the city) a lost cause environmentally? Altogether?

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

Go Spartans

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

Strong central cities may help in weathering the recession

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

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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