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Smart Growth Success Stories of 2008

Kaid Benfield, Director of the Smart Growth Program at the NRDC, picks some if his favorite success stories of smart growth transformation, from Atlanta's Beltline to Berlin's Hackesche Hofe.
25 December 2008 - 1:00pm
NRDC Switchboard

The Work of Community Development

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has a plan to help the nation's hardest hit homeowners and neighborhoods. But by concentrating assistance in the most devastated areas, few places will be saved, writes Charles Buki.
19 November 2008 - 5:00am

Are Form-Based Codes 'Green Zoning'?

Albuquerque's new "form-based codes" could offer city planners another model for denser, more pedestrian-friendly growth.
11 September 2008 - 10:00am
The New Mexico Independent

What's In A Neighborhood's Name?

Officials in Los Angeles have renamed the former "South Central" to remove the stigma of riots in the 1990's. But some business owners and residents say that's had a greater negative consequence than keeping the old name would have.
9 July 2008 - 6:00am
The Los Angeles Times
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