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Driven by a robust growth in target market segments -- such as natural/organic, ethnic and gourmet stores -- the average size of a supermarket in the U.S. decreased to 34,000 feet in 2003, taking the size of new stores below 40,000 for the first time in 1

December 22 - Food Marketing Institute

A group of homeowners fund the purchase and elegant redesign of a house as an alternative to 'McMansions' in Coconut Grove.

December 22 - The Miami Herald

A $1.3 billion redevelopment project faces another hurdle: a lawsuit over its lack of affordable housing.

December 22 - GlobeSt.com

With waterfront real estate prices rising, more buyers are purchasing their own private islands.

December 22 - Wall St. Journal

Smart Growth is unlikely to work if it does not come to terms with reality.

December 22 - Expansion Management

US, Canada, and several states join forces to tackle everything from sewage to mischievous species.

December 22 - The Christian Science Monitor

Baseball again on track to make D.C. home.

December 22 - The Washington Times

A new Reason study suggests thatstate and local government restrictions are discouraging theconstruction of new private schools and driving up tuition prices.

December 22 - Reason Public Policy Institute

Howard County, Maryland will soon convert farm pasture into an expansive mixed-use community in the image of old-town America.

December 21 - The Baltimore Sun

Columnist J.D. Bullington makes a compelling argument about why New Mexico's Rio Grande communities should be linked by rail.

December 21 - The Albuquerque Tribune

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<td>Exciting improvements in planning are possible when GIS tools are used in combination with public participation tools such as keypad polling. During a comprehensive plan update meeting in Hayden Colorado, flip charts were <img src="http://placematters.us/TechTalk/Slide1.jpg" alt="" width="150" align="left" border="0" hspace="2" vspace="2">replaced with computerized systems and keypad voting tools to gather resident input on a proposed development and future growth. CommunityViz and GIS were used to analyze the impacts of growth and to create a visualization of what the proposed development would look like in the landscape.

December 21 - Ken Snyder

What is the impact of graffiti on the urban experience?

December 21 - Maisonneuve

Sandy Sorlien continues the MainStreet Diary series with a visit to Fort Worth, a city in the midst ofrebuilding and revitalization.

December 21 - The Town Paper

Breaking the chains and building a greenbelt based economy in Ontario.

December 21 - Now Toronto

The Planetizen 2005 List features the top 10 popular titles published in 2004.

December 21 - Planetizen

A report by the Trust for Public Land, which will be released Monday, knits together a nascent proposal for a 22-mile transit loop through 46 historic Atlanta neighborhoods with an ambitious blueprint for a 23-mile bike trail, 1,400 acres o

December 21 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Environmentalists push back against author Michael Crichton's selective use of facts in his new novel, "State of Fear."

December 21 - The Earth Institute At Columbia University

The National Low Income Housing Coalition has released a report showing that, with few exceptions, most States have cost-of-living rates that far exceed their legal minimum wage rates, leaving affordable housing "out of reach" for many.

December 21 - National Low Income Housing Coalition

City officials have agreed to soundproof schools and cut pollution as LAX prepares for an $11 billion expansion.

December 21 - The Christian Science Monitor

Wieland Associates's newsletter provides a list of the top ten noise and vibration ips for new construction.

December 20 - Sound Advice