Urban Living Entrepreneur: Creating A Social Community For People Living An Urban, Car-Lite Lifestyle
May 17, 2013
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Reconnecting America, Smart Growth America, and Transportation for America are preparing to launch a new venture and we are looking for an experienced entrepreneur to join us in co-founding a startup opportunity. The new venture will create a social community for those living an urban, car-lite lifestyle by providing news, events, and local resources, an easy connection to urban goods & services and bring people together on and offline.
Reconnecting America Publishes First in Series of Articles for Surdna Foundation Sustainable Environments Storybank
March 18, 2013
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The Surdna Foundation is developing a Sustainable Environments Storybank, the focus of which is to feature innovative ways to update infrastructure and foster healthy, sustainable and just communities. In this vein, Surdna has asked Reconnecting America and other Surdna grantees to contribute real-life stories about the green economy and sustainable infrastructure.
CNN's Alarming Naiveté About Nation's Rail System
February 11, 2013
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When you get annoyed with people you tell them to take a hike, or get outta town. In my case, I’d like to tell CNN to take a ride, in particular, a train ride; even more specific, a loooong train ride across America through big cities and small towns. I’d be happy to escort them.
Recap From Next American City Vanguard Conference In St. Louis
October 22, 2012
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In October 2012, 43 of the nation’s young urban leaders met up in St. Louis for the Next American City Vanguard conference, an annual competition to find the “40-under-40” urban leaders who have “bright ideas for cities, experience in the field and ambition for the future.” I was honored to take part in the two-day conference and meet some of my peers from around the country while also experiencing the sights and sounds that make the city of St. Louis one of America’s great cities.
Thinking Outside the Farebox: Creative Approaches to Financing Transit Projects
August 22, 2012
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Transportation for America has created a guidebook, "Thinking Outside the Farebox: Creative Approaches to Financing Transit Projects," which is designed to help community leaders to meet the demand for transit by identifying options for raising the money needed to build and operate an expanded transit system.
Upgrading Your Search Experience
January 19, 2012
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As an organization that does a lot of research, we at Reconnecting America appreciate the importance of quickly finding something. That's why we recently asked our website developer to enhance the tagging system for our content.
Follow All The Action At 2011 Rail~Volution, Washington, DC
October 16, 2011
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Reconnecting America and its partners in the Center for Transit-Oriented Development are out at Rail~Volution in Washington, DC, Oct. 16-Oct. 19. A list of their workshops and seminars is here.
Sprawling From Grace In Prime Time
April 5, 2011
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Sprawling From Grace, a documentary co-sponsored by Reconnecting America and originally aired in 2009, will make its prime time debut April 20 on CNBC at 10pm EDT.
Talking About Livable Communities
August 5, 2010
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The Livable Communities Act's passage out of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee merits a moment of celebration.
Reconnecting America Is Looking For A New Policy Director
May 28, 2010
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TITLE: Policy Director
LOCATION: Washington DC
REPORTS TO: Chief of Staff and President/CEO
DATE: IMMEDIATE OPENING
About Reconnecting America:
Reconnecting America (RA) is a national non-profit organization that is working to integrate transportation systems and the diverse communities they serve, with the goals of improving economic opportunities for all people, ensuring environmental sustainability, and giving current and future residents more housing and mobility choices. RA provides an even-handed, fact-based perspective, working with a broad and diverse set of stakeholders at all levels of government and in local communities, to foster a supportive policy, programmatic and fiscal environment that fosters healthy, walkable and prosperous communities that are well connected by quality transportation.
Reconnecting America is seeking a Policy Director with particular expertise in transportation and transit-oriented development who will work out of our Washington DC…
