Archive for March, 2009

Save the Date: Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference coming this June

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
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Tweet News of continued foreclosures comes on top of the painful slow motion train wreck we’ve been watching for several years, with the foreclosure rate skyrocketing since 2006.  No one knows how many of these now-foreclosed properties are vacant or will soon be abandoned, but anecdotal evidence suggests that the numbers are dire. Community leaders [...]

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Smart growth veteran tapped to lead innovative federal program at US EPA

Monday, March 16th, 2009
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Tweet John Frece, left, with former Maryland Gov. Harry Hughes in 2006. Photo by Jed Kirschbaum / Baltimore Sun. The EPA Smart Growth office, featured here regularly over the years, has been a valuable ally in the movement for better growth and development across the country. Over the last ten years, they’ve helped countless communities [...]

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We can put thousands back to work quickly and responsibly with smart transportation spending

Friday, March 13th, 2009
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Tweet Investing first in repair and maintenance can prevent another disaster like Minnesota’s I-35W bridge collapse. Tell your Governor to invest in the future with smart, proven, ready-to-go transportation spending. Creative Commons Flickr photo by Poppyseed Bandits. Earlier this week, we highlighted a new Smart Growth America report that details 20 proven and ready-to-go ways [...]

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New report identifies proven and ready-to-go ways to create more jobs quickly & responsibly

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
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Tweet Click to learn more about the report 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. As they develop these lists of transportation projects to be funded [...]

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