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Religious Camp Accused Of Sprawl

Plans for a large Christian camp in Lake County, Colorado are seriously testing the tenet 'Love thy neighbor', and raises questions of sprawl.

September 26 - The Denver Post

San Diego's Regional Growth Uneven

Researchers find San Diego's regional growth leaving the majority of workers behind.

September 26 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

Goodbye Mall, Hello Main Street

The downtowns of tomorrow will lookmore like traditional downtowns.

September 26 - Inman News

HUD Stalls LA Cornfield Project

HUD is withholding $12 million from the Los Angeles Chinatown Cornfield industrial development until an environmental impact report is completed.

September 26 - The Los Angeles Times

Rural America's Digital Revolution

A new kind of wired rural community is emerging, -- and it's being called a 'valhalla'.

September 26 - REIS


States Ranked By Energy Use, Carbon Emission

According to a new report, New York, Hawaii, and California have made the most progress in improving their energy efficiency.

September 26 - American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Chicago's High-Tech Future

Fueled by technological innovation and strategic infrastructure planning, Chicago is the fourth-largest high-tech region in the country.

September 26 - Urban Land Magazine


Trying To Shape The City

A recent Washington Post articles series about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers teaches an important lesson: Don't fool with Mother Nature.

September 25 - The Washington Post

In Everglades, a Chance for Redemption

The Congress once assigned the Corps of Engineers to drain the Everglades; now it may ask the Corps to restore the Everglades and revive its ecosystem in the most ambitious environmental restoration effort ever.

September 25 - The Washington Post

The Lake Effect

San Bernardino city and water officials want to carve out a network of lakes and streams in a controversial attempt to spur development in this ailing desert city.

September 25 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

San Jose's Housing Crisis Team

On the heels of another study confirming the acute housing shortage in Silicon Valley, San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales has convened a 'housing production team.'

September 25 - The San Francisco Chronicle

New York's Wasted Wonder

As droves of tourists pass through Niagara Falls, NY -- many of them headed for Canada -- the city looks back on a torrent of costly mistakes.

September 25 - The Buffalo News

Is California Stealing Colorado's Water?

Thirsty Southern Californians are enjoying for free increasingly huge amounts of Colorado's unused water. This may change.

September 25 - The Denver Post

CA Water Policy Causes Sprawl

California doesn't require developers to prove they have the water to serve massive new housing developments.

September 25 - Press-Enterprise

Cisneros Presents Housing Webcast

Henry Cisneros, former HUD Secretary and CEO of American CityVista, will be the keynote speaker at the Rouse Forum, broadcast on the Web Sept. 25.

September 25 - The Brookings Institution

Clinton Signs Church Zoning Bill

A new bill prevents municipalities from using zoning laws as a 'keep out' sign against churches or temples they don't want inside the city.

September 25 - Yahoo! Newswire

Cities Ranked By Web Domain Names

How do you quanity the emerging geography of cyberspace? Joel Kotkin looks at which regions have the highest concentration of Internet domain names.

September 25 - REIS

Best Of LA 2000

The Los Angeles Weekly publishes their perennial Best of Los Angeles 2000 issue.

September 25 - LA Weekly

Cash For Environmental Wish List

Federal negotiators are nearing an agreement to devote billions of dollars during the next six years to acquire lands threatened by development.

September 25 - Wall St. Journal

Our Self-Imposed Oil Crisis?

Trudy Rubin of The Philadelphia Inquirer denounces America's alarmist tactic of using of high oil prices as an indication of an "energy crisis."

September 24 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

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