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Smart growth news – December 6

The future of cities? An unusual way of untangling gridlock MSNBC, December 2, 2011 Janette Sadik-Khan is on a mission to tame New York’s mean streets. As transportation commissioner for New York City,...

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Smart growth news – December 7

Walkable Neighborhoods Gaining Popularity — Even in the Suburbs Huffington Post, December 6, 2011 Last week, my colleague Chris Leinberger wrote a provocative op-ed in the New York Times titled “The...

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Smart growth news – December 12

Forget Stadiums, Cities Should Fight For Apple Stores Forbes, December 9, 2011 The computer stores have become ‘anchors’ for affluent downtown areas, says Robert Gibbs, an urban economic and planning...

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Smart growth news – December 15

Study: Single-Family Homes May Be History KPBS (Calif.), December 14, 2011 A new study from the Urban Land Institute suggests single-family homes, the largest contributor to urban sprawl, may be a...

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Smart growth news – December 19

New Study: Millennials Prefer Car “Access Over Ownership” The City Fix, December 16, 2011 The “Millennial” generation is quickly adopting car sharing as a mainstream transportation solution, according...

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Smart growth news – December 21

Morning Read: Smart Growth, or “War on Rural Maryland”? Baltimore Sun, December 19, 2011 Glendening, 69, praised Plan Maryland as a “major movement ahead.” The plan spells out criteria for judging...

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Smart growth news – December 22

What the End of the Sustainable Communities Grants Means For Planning Governing Magazine, December 21, 2011 One reason the program may have suffered is a general lack of appreciation for planning....

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Smart Growth Stories: A Mayor’s Perspective

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory is on a mission to support economic development in his city, and he’s using smart growth and downtown development strategies to accomplish that goal. “People were slow to...

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Cracking the code to smart growth in Mesa, AZ

A vision for creating complete neighborhoods in downtown Mesa, AZ. Image from “Form-Based Code: Workshop Summary Presentation” via the City of Mesa. Downtown Mesa, Arizona is already great a...

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Salisbury, MD hosts downtown walkability tour

Dan Burden leads a walkability tour of Salisbury’s Downtown. Photo by Chelsea Hogan The City of Salisbury, MD envisions its downtown as one that is both walkable and sustainable. To complement the...

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Core Values: Why American Companies are Moving Downtown

Hundreds of companies across the United States are moving to and investing in walkable downtown locations. As job migration shifts towards cities and as commercial real estate values climb in these...

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Announcing the Amazing Place Ideas Forum: Five communities, unlimited ideas

Vibrant, walkable neighborhoods can help attract new residents and jobs, support existing businesses, and benefit everyone’s quality of life. Smart Growth America examined six cities using this...

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Amazon’s hunt for a second HQ is likely to end in a vibrant, walkable, urban...

Amazon dropped a bombshell earlier this week when they announced that they’re going to expand from Seattle by building a brand new second headquarters in another city. Based on the qualifications in...

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How can your city snag the next Amazon HQ2?

South Lake Union in Seattle, WA is home to Amazon’s original headquarters (Image: SDOT Photos, Flickr) With all of the attention showered on “Crystal City” (Arlington, VA adjacent to DC) and Long...

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How one city is priming itself for Opportunity Zone investment

How does a city make sure it’s ready for investment? A question weighing on many municipal minds is how to organize planning, economic development strategies, and zoning regulations to make it clear to...

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LOCUS Mass and Brockton host event for developers to learn more about...

Rob May, Director of Planning and Economic Development for the City of Brockton, guides a walking tour of the city’s downtown Opportunity Zone. (Staff photo) LOCUS and the City of Brockton,...

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Announcing the Amazing Place Ideas Forum: Five communities, unlimited ideas

Vibrant, walkable neighborhoods can help attract new residents and jobs, support existing businesses, and benefit everyone’s quality of life. Smart Growth America examined six cities using this...

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Amazon’s hunt for a second HQ is likely to end in a vibrant, walkable, urban...

Amazon dropped a bombshell earlier this week when they announced that they’re going to expand from Seattle by building a brand new second headquarters in another city. Based on the qualifications in...

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How can your city snag the next Amazon HQ2?

South Lake Union in Seattle, WA is home to Amazon’s original headquarters (Image: SDOT Photos, Flickr) With all of the attention showered on “Crystal City” (Arlington, VA adjacent to DC) and Long...

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How one city is priming itself for Opportunity Zone investment

How does a city make sure it’s ready for investment? A question weighing on many municipal minds is how to organize planning, economic development strategies, and zoning regulations to make it clear to...

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