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NOAA launches terrific new web site and report on coastal smart growth

September 14, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:: coasts, development, greeninfrastructure, lowimpactdevelopment, NOAA, planning, smartgrowth, waterfront, watershed

Kudos to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for a comprehensive new report and web site on best practices for smart development in coastal and waterfront communities. The report was issued in cooperation with the federal EPA,...continued→

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Live. Eat. Shop. Spawn. Portland’s salmon-safe urban neighborhood

October 29, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:: neighborhood, portland, redevelopment, salmonsafe, smartgrowth, sowa, sustainabledevelopment, waterfront

One of the largest urban redevelopment projects in the country, Portland's South Waterfront ("SoWa") has been certified as "salmon-safe" by a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring watersheds so that salmon can spawn and thrive. According to the press release...continued→

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: 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...; more→

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