Archive for February, 2009

Inward momentum: Residential growth in American center cities

Friday, February 27th, 2009
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Tweet You’ve probably seen some of the anecdotal evidence in newspaper stories or other outlets recently about how many center cities have experienced a resurgence of residential growth within their borders over the last 10 to 20 years. Many of us had wondered if there had been any systematic examination of building permit trends to [...]

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Proven and ready-to-go ways to create more jobs quickly & responsibly with stimulus dollars

Friday, February 20th, 2009
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Tweet Governors and state departments of transportation around the country are burning the midnight oil to prepare lists of transportation projects that could be funded under President Obama’s economic stimulus package, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. While states develop these lists of transportation projects to be funded with stimulus money, Smart Growth America has [...]

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New HUD chief on the connectedness of housing policy and sustainability

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
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Tweet There’s an old problem in government — probably at all levels, but most notably at the federal level — of agencies working at cross purposes with each other. For example, new transportation investments in unneeded highways in exurban areas works against the EPA’s effort to reduce emissions and satisfy the Clean Air Act. Sometimes [...]

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State Campaign Manager wanted at Smart Growth America

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
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Tweet Smart Growth America is looking for someone to serve as our State Campaign Manager. We are seeking a smart and motivated individual to grow a national campaign into an excellent field operation. The Campaign Manager will direct the day to day expansion of, and tasks to build, a diverse coalition of prominent national, state, [...]

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