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10,000 Trees Registered for Community Fruit Exchange

Carole Carson | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Community, Affordable Food, Food, Local Produce, Fruit, Neighborhoods, Family, Green News
Carole Carson

Imagine a community where fresh, seasonal, affordable, local fruit is easily accessible to everyone--from low-income families to fancy foodies. Instea...

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The Stranger in Everyday Life

Reverend Billy | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Consumerism, Neighborhoods, New York City, Jane Jacobs, City Life, Urban Planning, Developers, Surveillance, Immigrants, JFK Airport, New York News
Reverend Billy

The city-as-monoculture can only continue with surveillance, stop-and-frisks, eminent domain, developer tax windfalls and all the illegal activity brazenly called Progress and New York Greatness.

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Village Green: It's Time for a Sustainable Revitalization Agenda for Smaller Cities

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 09.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Community, Infrastructure, Sustainability, Historic Preservation, Neighborhoods, Smart Growth, Cities, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

Most small New England cities were once booming industrial centers, but over time they became subject to considerable disinvestment in the form of plant closings, job losses, weakened civic infrastructure, and shrinking tax bases.

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Village Green: Boston's Asian Community Brings Fun, Education & Affordability to Chinatown

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Boston, Asian Americans, Sustainability, Community, Housing, Neighborhoods, Cities, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

As has been the case with a lot of the Boston Asian Community Development Corporation's great projects and partnerships, someone had a good idea, ran with it, and created just a little more community than there was before in the neighborhood.

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Thy Neighbor's Ass

Alfred Gingold | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, Neighbors, Neighborhoods, Brooklyn, New York News
Alfred Gingold

This is Brooklyn, where the weirdos are more than part of the passing parade; they live here.

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Village Green: It Takes a Village to Age In Place

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Community, Driving, Aging, Senior Citizens, Neighborhoods, Smart Growth, Cities, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

One of the goals of smart growth must be to create neighborhoods that foster "aging in place."

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Want to See Neighborhoods that Beat the Bust? Take a Walk

John F. Wasik | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Boston, Pennsylvania, Living News, New Mexico, Personal Health, Neighborhoods, Health, Home Sales, Georgia, Atlanta, Seattle, San Francisco, Cities, New York, Home Foreclosures, Business News
John F. Wasik

Pedestrian-friendly cities can make huge personal economic sense. If you don't need a car, you can save thousands a year.

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I See No Bailout

Angie Cordeiro | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, Unemployment Rate, Neighborhoods, Wells Fargo, Naacp, Obama Campaign, Home Foreclosures, Predatory Lending, Unemployment, Poor Neighborhoods, Homelessness, Predatory Lending Practices, Foreclosure, Refinance, Unemployment Statistics, Business News
Angie Cordeiro

Wells Fargo made a mistake and has received over $25 billion dollars to correct it. Dollars that the bank said would be used to help stop foreclosures... I see no bailout.

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How the Subway to the Sea Could Change Los Angeles' Culture

Anna Kelner | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Subway, Socioeconomic Class, Traffic, Neighborhoods, Cars, Subway to the Sea, Pollution, Race, Los Angeles, Green News
Anna Kelner

A subway could not only cleanse Los Angeles' polluted air and clear its congested roads, but could also radically change the way Angelinos relate to one another.

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Village Green: How to Make Smart, City Neighborhoods Even Greener

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Sustainability, Green Living, Pollution, Neighborhoods, Cities, Smart Growth, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

We need compact development, not large lots, to protect our waterways. But how do we soften the localized impacts of density and deal with the stormwater that runs off of dense urban sites?

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America's Most Troubled Luxury Neighborhoods

ABC News | STEPHANE FITCH and MATTHEW WOOLSEY | Posted 08.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Luxury Real Estate, Rich Neighborhoods, Neighborhoods, Real Estate, Real Estate Trouble, Business News

Has the housing market scraped bottom? Not in some of the wealthier neighborhoods -- places like New York City's Greenwich Village, Santa Monica, Cali...

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From Helping Vietnam Veterans to Helping My Neighbors

Kim Callahan | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Spring Cleaning, Economic Downturn, Charity, Neighborhoods, Service, Economic Crisis, Neighbors, Living News
Kim Callahan

Times are tough, every day we hear how businesses, government agencies, and charities are struggling, but so are some of your neighbors.

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Village Green: New Numbers Prove Smart Growth Reduces CO2, Cost-Effectively

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Community, Carbon Emissions, Neighborhoods, Urban Planning, Smart Growth, Global Warming, Transportation, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

Suddenly people who two years ago wouldn't give smart growth advocates the time of day are talking about things like transit-oriented development and growth boundaries.

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Village Green: Revitalizing Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine (Part 1)

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Cincinnati, Community, Development, Neighborhoods, Urban Planning, Cities, Smart Growth, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

Cincinnati's historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is poised to become one of America's greatest revitalization stories, in the process creating a national exemplar of sustainable development.

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Village Green: Putting the "UD" Back in HUD, Sustainably

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Housing, Neighborhoods, Urban Policy, Urban Planning, Sustainability, Community, Smart Growth, Shaun Donovan, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

Let's be honest -- HUD has become the Department of Subsidized Housing, and that must change. We've got to put the "UD" (urban development) back in HUD.

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When the Real Estate Market Recovers, Smarter, More Sustainable Development Will Claim a Larger Share.

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 05.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Neighborhoods, Urban Planning, Sustainability, Real Estate, Demographics, Smart Growth, Recession, Cities, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

Suburban sprawl as we have known it may not be dead but it is surely not well, and we are already seeing the beginning of its end.

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Where the City Begins...

Reverend Billy | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Neighborhoods, New York City, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Reverend Billy

The Vote Rev Billy community meets again tonight, 50 intense people. Wrestling with issues, readying position papers. Going back to basics in our d...

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Not in My Backyard? Puh-leeeeze!

Tamar Abrams | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, County Government, Nature Centers, Budget Cuts, Neighborhoods, Libraries, Economy, Arlington-Virginia, Foster Care, Cwla, Econmic Crisis, Books, Reading, Politics News
Tamar Abrams

We are blessed with many community-based libraries, all within a few miles of one another in North Arlington. Would it really be such an inconvenience to cut the hours of one?

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"Do You Have To Go?"

Kate Clinton | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chappaqua, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton 2008, Neighborhoods, Politics News
Kate Clinton

This is the first Tuesday after the Democratic primaries and it is blistering hot in New York. For days it had been rainy and cool and then suddenly,...

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EBay Woos Customers With Social Networking Service

AP | Rachel Konrad | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Neighborhoods, Social Networks, Ebay, Social Networking, eBay Neighborhoods, Media News

Hoping to woo shoppers who say eBay Inc. has lost its folksy appeal, the world's largest online auction plans to launch its own version of a social ne...

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