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

December 22, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

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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

Amazing community art & development projects (part 2 of 2: LA's Watts House Project)

November 10, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment

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communitydevelopment, edgararceneaux, losangeles, publicart, revitalization, wattshouseproject, wattstowers

  Last time, I wrote about the wonderful Project Row Houses in Houston.  Today I get to write about its progeny, the Watts House Project in south Los Angeles. PRH founder Rick Lowe attempted to replicate his Houston project in...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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