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Urban Gardens Taking Root in Post-Industrial City

20 August 2008 - 12:00pm
The Atlantic
The non-profit group Nuestras Raíces in Holyoke, Mass. has found urban agriculture a powerful community glue, providing increased food security and economic opportunity to the Puerto Rican population there.
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The New Milwaukeeans: Making Sense of Population Growth In The Cream City

20 May 2008 - 9:00am
The Next American City
After forty years in the statistical doldrums, what does Milwaukee make of a sudden, slight increase in population? Local expert and urban enthusiast Dave Steele reports.
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Immigrants Face Discrimination, Abusive Fair Housing Policy In Nebraska

8 May 2008 - 6:00am
The Next American City
In Nebraska, a state experiencing just a moderate level of Hispanic immigration inflow, Attorney General Jon Bruning has drawn the line on who he’ll protect from abusive housing policies and who he won’t. For him, immigrants simply aren’t worth it.
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Border Fencing Plan Dodges Environmental Rules

3 April 2008 - 7:00am
The Los Angeles Times
Federal and state environmental guidelines have been waived by the Federal government to fast-track construction of nearly 700 miles of fencing along the U.S. Mexico Border.
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Global Impacts on Downtowns

17 March 2008 - 6:00am
Downtown Idea Exchange
This report from Progressive Urban Management Associates outlines the ten trends that will impact downtowns over the next two decades.
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Ken Snyder

Smart Growth and Sustainability Should Focus on Climate Change More Than Immigration

17 January 2008 - 5:29pm

This evening my wife, Beth Conover, will appear on a televised panel discussion on "Immigration and Sustainability" aired on Rocky Mountain PBS's Colorado State of Mind, hosted by Greg Dobbs. The panel includes former Gov. Dick Lamm, former Post columnist Diane Carman, and State Rep. Michael Garcia (D-Aurora). An mp3 of the program is already available at the following link.

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Lance Freeman

Democratic Planning in the Face of Immigration

6 June 2007 - 5:44am

Although the latest immigration bill being debated upon in congress has attracted relatively little attention from planners, the planning implications of reforming or not reforming current immigration policy are huge. Immigration impacts labor markets, and thereby commuting patterns, transportation planning and economic development. Immigration swells the population of many cities and towns forcing planners to rethink their plans for housing, schools and other public services. Often overlooked, however, is f immigration’s impact on the planning process itself.

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