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Smart, sustainable development can aid economic recovery

October 14, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

Tags:
bailout, economicrecovery, economy, newurbanism, peterkatz, planning, smartgrowth, sprawl

  I don't know about you, but I'm finding it a little hard these days to stay focused on the environment and sustainable land development while life as we know it seems to be tinkering somewhere between precarious and going...continued

As economy stumbles, sprawl developers find it harder to move their product

September 30, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably

Tags:
chathamsquare, developers, economy, gasprices, housingprices, plainfield, sprawl, willcounty

  The last week has been unbelievable for the American economy.  The events of just yesterday were dizzying and awful.  And of course it's been brewing for a while now, starting with foreclosures and quickly followed by the sharp hikes...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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