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Urban Issues: Growth No Longer Enough For Charlotte, Multigenerational Homes, Chief Resilience Officers, Cities & Startups

June 13, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Charlotte Now Relies on Taxes, Not Explosive Growth  Charlotte Observer   A city of Charlotte property tax hike and one proposed by Mecklenburg County this week suggest the area's largest local governments can no longer rely on explosive growth and annexation for balanced budgets.  
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Urban Issues: Nashville's Symphony Trouble, Stockton Housing Bubble, Housing Discrimination, Seattle Housing & Rail

June 12, 2013
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Affordability, California, Federal Policy, housing, HUD, Light Rail, Livability & Sustainability, Nashville, Seattle, Stockton, Tennessee, TOD, TOD And Equity, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Washington
URBAN ISSUES Nashville's Symphony In Trouble  The Urbanophile   Nashville has been on a roll in recent years, with a rapidly growing population (including a rapidly expanding immigrant base), robust job growth (#1 among large cities in 2012 on a percentage basis), and lots of positive national press.
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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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Environment & Econology: Fastest Warming City, Beauty Amid Chicago Industry, Planning Sustainability Focus

May 9, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Few Trees in Louisville, The Fastest Warming City  Next City   What's the scariest weather event you can think of? A hurricane? Tornado? Storm surge?
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Urban Issues: Detroit Quest, Baby Boomer Urban Housing Impact, Building A Better City, Investing In Fiber, Housing Mititagates Transit Noise

April 15, 2013
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Affordability, Canada, Demographics, Detroit, Development & Redevelopment, Federal Policy, housing, Houston, HUD, Livability & Sustainability, Michigan, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New York, New York State, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon , St. Paul, Texas, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, Twin Cities, urban, Urban Form, Wisconsin
URBAN ISSUES Dan Gilbert's Quest to Bring Back Detroit  New York Times Magazine   THE best way to experience all that is strange and a little otherworldly about downtown Detroit is to walk the streets around 5 p.m. on a weekday.
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Environment & Ecology: Dubai Renewable Energy Initiative, Urban Ecology Framework, Beavers Return To San Jose

April 15, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Dubai Moves Forward on Renewable Energy  Khaleej Times   When the long-term national initiative Green Economy for Sustainable Development was launched in January 2012, the aim was clear: for the UAE to become a world leader in sustainability
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Urbanism & Design: Selling Federal Property, Sydney Transit-Friendly Plaza, Grants Fund Twin Cities TOD, Vizualizing Flying Cities

April 12, 2013
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Austin, Australia, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Federal Policy, Highways & Automobiles, India, Livability & Sustainability, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Parking, St. Paul, Sydney, Texas, TOD, TOD Finance, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Tulsa, Twin Cities, urban, Urban Form
URBANISM & DESIGN GSA Has Property to Sell, But Its Not Easy  New York Times, via: @bruce_katz   As government agencies are forced to do more with less, the General Services Administration has stepped up its efforts to dispose…
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Environment & Ecology: Sustainability Debate In Phoenix, Dutch Lessons On Living With Water

April 12, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Debate Over Sustainability in Phoenix  Global Site Plans   In a recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, William deBuys, author of A Great Aridness, predicted a bleak climate future for Phoenix, Arizona.
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Environment & Ecology: Interaction Of Nature & Cities, Kansas Would Outlaw Sustainability, Lancaster As Solar Capital Of California

April 10, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Interaction of Nature and Cities  Science Alert   People usually think about biodiversity and nature in terms of national parks, reserves and wildlife. Yet humans have a growing urban footprint across the planet.
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Urbanism & Design: Planning With Non-Architects, Death By Skywalk, Accessory Dwelling Units, The Myth Of Vertical Sprawl, SF Development Battles

April 9, 2013
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Affordability, Bay Area, California, Canada, Cleveland, Demographics, Detroit, Development & Redevelopment, England, High Point, housing, Livability & Sustainability, London, Michigan, New York, New York State, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario Province, San Francisco, Toronto, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, UK, urban, Urban Form, Zoning & Coding
URBANISM & DESIGN Non-Architects Need to Get Involved in Planning  Sustainable Cities Collective, via: @urbandata   In this beautiful TEDx talk Michiel van Iersel, founder of the Amsterdam based collective 'Failed Architecture' explains how…
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