Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Dan Douglas was, until recently, chief downtown planner and director of the Urban Design Council in Raleigh, the state capital of North Carolina. He is now in private architectural practice, but his passion for the city remains, apparently. In particular,...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
It's been terrific to observe and report on America's great downtown comebacks, quite clearly a trend at this point. The latest set of facts I have run across concerns Milwaukee, courtesy of the very well-written blog Urban...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
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→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Does this look to you like an environmentally sustainable place to put a "destination resort, retail, and convention center core"? Me neither. How about a golf course? Irrigation, anyone? Let's recreate a little bit of Scotland in the...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
I’ve written before about how smart growth principles can help smaller cities and towns (for example, here, here, and here). Heck, in many ways the traditional American town, with its main streets, court house and churches in the center of...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Last week I wrote about the extraordinary restoration of the Old North Saint Louis neighborhood. This week, my thoughts have been more on the massive flooding that has come to the Mississippi River valley, including areas close to Saint Louis. ...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
The New York Times has a worthwhile article reporting on a conference of suburban officials and planners promoting the idea of "Creating Cool Downtowns" in the suburbs of New York.“'Young people are moving to Manhattan. They are moving to Brooklyn,' said...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
Tomorrow I’ll be at Washington’s downtown sports arena, the Verizon Center, to cheer on all-American Roy Hibbert and my Georgetown Hoyas as they take on Notre Dame. What does this have to do with smart growth? Plenty. Ten years ago,...continued→
