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Greentopia Futures Summit

September 10, 2013
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New York State, Rochester NY, Where We're Working
Reconnecting America President & CEO John Robert Smith will be participating in the Greentopia Futures Summit in Rochester, NY, on Sept. 10.  The summit is Rochester’s first business-to-business conference where forethought is not an afterthought. For more on the conference, visit Greentopia's website.
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Transport: I-5 Bridge Collapse, Bikeshare & Bike Ownership, Empty Infrastructure, Cleveland 'Opportunity Corridor'

May 24, 2013
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TRANSPORT Section of I-5 Bridge Collapses in Washington State  Los Angeles Times   Nobody dies as people and vehicles are plunged into the Skagit River. Witnesses say an oversize load on a truck hit the bridge before a large section collapsed.
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Urbanism & Design: Urbanizing Where We Are, Obamacare's Impact On Land Use, NJ Urban Hub Tax Credits, Food Demographics

May 23, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN How Can We Urbanize Where We Are?  Bacon's Rebellion   Around the country, local governments are proposing plans to re-develop aging office parks as urban-style, mixed-use complexes, reports the Wall Street Journal, which cited the Innsbrook office park in Henrico as a case in point.  
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Urban Issues: Small Grants Aid Cities, Oregon Redevelopment Tax Shift, Lessons From Harlem, DC Food Truck Politics

May 23, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Using Small Grants to Push Cities Forward  Janis Foster, via: @tarapham   I was so excited this week when I spotted info about the City of St. Louis' Sustainable Neighborhood Small Grant Competition and can't wait to tell you why.  
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Transport: Rhode Island Bus Reorganization, HOT Lanes & Commute Time, Minneapolis Value Capture District

May 22, 2013
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TRANSPORT RIPTA to Reorganize Half of Its Bus Routes  Providence Journal   The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is preparing an unprecedented reorganization of its routes and schedules, affecting about half of its 56 fixed bus routes.
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Urban Issues: Las Vegas Tech Bet, Need For Disaster-Resistant Housing, AirBnB Illegal In NYC, Dev Cost & Housing Affordability

May 22, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES A $50 Million Dollar Bet on Las Vegas  Entrepreneur.com   How the Vegas Tech Fund plans to help transform the tech scene in Sin City, in part two of our series on Tony Hsieh's $350 million Downtown Project.
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Urbanism & Design: Security Trumps Urbanism In NY, Charlotte Streetcar Gains Impress, Making Walking To School Safer

May 20, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN World Trade Center Security Will Kill Its Urbanism  New York Times City Room, via: @witoldr   The wreckage had not been cleared from ground zero when planners and neighbors began…
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Transport: West Salt Lake Transpo Options, NY Bike Share Rack Resistance, National Household Travel Survey, Young Driving Habits & Aging Impact

May 15, 2013
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TRANSPORT No Freeway in West Salt Lake May Be Best Choice  Salt Lake Tribune   A freeway to carry heavy traffic north and south though west Davis County has been on Utah Department of Transportation drawing boards for years. The agency is ready to release its draft environmental impact study and name its preferred route.
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Environment & Ecology: Fruit Activism & Urban Gardens, Stress On Urban Birds, Ecology Of Human Stress, Grocery Delivery Services

May 13, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY 'Fruit Activists' Take Urban Gardens in New Direction  New York Times   Fruit looms large in the California psyche. Since the 1800s, dewy images of oranges, lemons and other fruits have been a lure for seekers of the state's postcard essence, symbols of fertile land, felicitous climate and the possibilities of pleasure.
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Urbanism & Design: Prescriptive vs. Market Urbanism, Using Dev Fees For Transpo, Sim City Greenwashes Parking

May 10, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Prescriptive vs. Market Urbanism  City Block   From Ilan Greenberg in The New Republic - San Francisco's Gentrification Problem isn't Gentrification. Greenberg compares the public debate (often writen, and discussed previously here) in San Francisco compared to more the more familiar narrative in other cities.
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