Land Use

Land Donations Booming In Wisconsin

Landowners in southeastern Wisconsin are donating land for open space atan impressive pace.

January 28, 2001 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Tribe Wants To Build Off The Reservation

The Pomo Indians want to build a high-end housing development 65 miles from its reservation. Foes protest and appeal.

January 28, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Scottsdale Arena Proposal Scaled Back

The proposed hockey arena and retail complex in Scottsdale, AZ, will be scaled back from 2.3 million square feet to 1.5 million.

January 23, 2001 - The Arizona Republic

Boston's Downtown Wasteland

Boston's sprawling City Hall Plaza is the plaza that Boston loves to hate. Will any improvement help?

January 22, 2001 - Wall St. Journal

Fairfax County: New Urbanism Metro Station?

Proponents imagine high rises atop the Metro stations, with shops, museums, and health clubs, built on bridges arching across the Dulles airport.

January 21, 2001 - The Washington Post

Residents Get A Say In Shaping North Jersey

A public hearing will give residents a chance to voice their opinions about the State Development and Redevelopment Plan that will "set boundaries on suburban sprawl and channel development into cities and town centers."

January 19, 2001 - Bergen Record

Opening Untouched Land to Usual Sprawl

Prince William County, VA, just 30 miles south of the White House, succumbs to sprawl.

January 19, 2001 - The Washington Post

Studies Focus On Quake-risk Areas

Two studies identify quake-prone "hot spots" in Southern California.

January 18, 2001 - Orange County Register

California's Regionalism-building Effort

California has a baffling maze of localgovernments -- 58 counties, 473 cities, 1,000 school districts and 4,800 special districts.

January 18, 2001 - Alliance For Redesigning Government

Group Embraces Arson To Oppose Sprawl

The radical Earth Liberation Front is evidently using arson to oppose sprawl.

January 17, 2001 - The Washington Post

Your Neighbor's Tree

What do you do when your neighbor's tree encroaches on your property? In California, the answer isn't so clear.

January 15, 2001 - Inman News

Anti-sprawl Terrorists Take Action

Fighting sprawl with arson -- eco-terrorism takes on sprawl.

January 14, 2001 - MSNBC

Oakland's Fruitvale

The Fannie Mae Foundation publishes a practitioner's guide to planning and financing community revitalization.

January 13, 2001 - Fannie Mae Foundation

Western Michigan Coastline Controls Considered

Officials has proposed $100,000 plan to study coastline community master plans and impact of new homes.

January 13, 2001 - The Detroit News

Images Of Sprawl

Aerial photographs capture the essence of suburban sprawl.

January 12, 2001 - The Christian Science Monitor

Tradition A Barrier To Smart Growth

Selling smart growth to real estate agents can be difficult.

January 11, 2001 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Burning Suburbia

The debate over suburban sprawl has taken a dangerous turn.

January 11, 2001 - Newsweek

Oil Versus Wildlife In Alaska

The President has decided not to give the Artic National Wildlife Refuge a national monument status.

January 11, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Financing New Urbanism Projects

The Congress for the New Urbanism publishes a report on the obstacles and solutions for financing new urbanism projects.

January 11, 2001 - Fannie Mae Foundation

$145 Million Proposed to Preserve Maryland Lands

Proposal will enable state to buy back land threatened by development.

January 11, 2001 - The Washington Post

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