Posts tagged with 'Consumer preference'

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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David Goldberg in Mother Jones Magazine

Friday, October 31st, 2008
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Tweet Smart Growth America / Transportation For America Communications Director David Goldberg was interviewed for the current issue of Mother Jones Magazine. In the wide-ranging interview, he discusses some of the history of SGA — but also discusses the prevalent economic and market forces that are reshaping consumer preference and affecting our growth patterns. Read [...]

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Applying the brakes

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
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Tweet Good story today in the Washington Post as part of their ongoing “Oil Shock” series, with this one focusing on the consumer impacts of rising prices. If it’s not already, this is beginning to sound like the theme of 2008, as rising energy prices are like a rudder in the water turning the ship [...]

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