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These are a few of my favorite . . . places!

December 22, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

Tags:
arlington, asheville, atlantabeltline, community, greensburg, hackeschehofe, highpoint, mixson, neighborhoods, oldnorth, projectrowhouses, smartgrowth, stationparkgreen, washingtondc, wattshouseproject

  Herewith, readers, some of my very favorite smart, livable places that are contributing positively to the environment, as I've written about them over the past year.  When NRDC's Ian Wilker first approached me about blogging, I'm sure that neither...continued

From brown to green to gold: San Mateo’s exemplary Station Park Green

October 24, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

Tags:
caltrans, community, commuterrail, ebl&s, leed-nd, neigborhood, newurbanism, sanmateo, smartgrowth, smwm, stationparkgreen, transitorienteddevelopment, walkable

Before: The same parcel, reconceived as Station Park Green: A stunning plan for transit-oriented development in San Mateo, California, south of San Francisco, has earned "gold" certification under the LEED for Neighborhood Development program founded by NRDC, the Congress for the...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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