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July 16, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice
, Green Enterprise
, Living Sustainably
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- choiceneighborhoods, community, donovan, DOT, globalwarming, HOPEVI, housing, HUD, lahood, neighborhood, obama, smartercities, smartgrowth, urbanpolicy
Wow. On Monday, before heading out to toss the first pitch at Tuesday's baseball All-Star Game, the president kicked off a White House forum on urban policy by criticizing past federal measures that have encouraged sprawl and promising a new...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→
March 26, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- chicago, community, metropolitanregions, obama, smartgrowth, urbanpolicy, whitehouse
One of the recurring themes of my writing (for example, here) has been that, to achieve sustainability in our cities, suburbs, and rural areas, we need to get beyond the accidents of history that comprise our local jurisdictions. Environmental, economic,...continued→
