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Using the Colorado River for Suburban Sprawl in Arizona

VIDEO: LOST IN SPRAWL Threatened by suburban development, a fourth-generation farmer documents his family’s doomed legacy with time-lapse video. By Thomas Gorman for The Ration When artist Matt Moore returned to his family farm outside Phoenix, signs of approaching suburbia were everywhere. Using time-lapse video, Moore captures his crops’ hidden lives, inviting viewers to reflect [...]

Obama Doubles Spending on Conservation Fund to Buy Public Land

Backers of the fund say it’s important for Congress to keep pumping money into it as the nation loses roughly 3 million acres to development each year. They say it’s a race against time, noting that one out of every three developed acres in the nation was developed from 1982 to 2007. The National Park Service has identified 1.8 million additional acres that it wants to acquire, at a cost of $1.9 billion.

Request for Ideas | Urban Design: Land Bank and Vacant Lot Repurposing

NORTHERN OHIO – The recent passing of state legislation empowers Ohio communities currently dealing with the snowballing socio-economic problems of vacant property through a pilot project land banking program initiated in Cuyahoga county last year. Strickland’s signing of House Bill 313 expands a pilot project launched last June in Cuyahoga County. Under the law, 41 [...]

Public Park Presentation by Louisville Group

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City Manager | Profile: Ruth Haag

SANDUSKY, OH - The City of Sandusky is sailing into 2010 without a course, crew or captain after firing key employees for behavior unbecoming of public officials. Project scandals and economic setbacks are to blame for many of the city’s problems to date; although, one citizen believes she can turn the city from its grim setting [...]

CLEVELAND, OH – Green Urbanism: Sustainable & Resilient Cities | Dr. Timothy Beatley

In this recording Dr. Timothy Beatley discusses the idea of “resilient cities” and how “biophilia” can help to facilitate and maintain cities of the future. (Note: this is a long recording, and will take a minute to load: please be patient. Also, some recordings do not play well on built-in computer speakers; and would require [...]

Sandusky University? Building a Sustainable City

This editorial is the first from The Erie Wire that addresses the need for Sustainable Solutions within Sandusky. SANDUSKY, OH – The City of Sandusky hears a lot of talk about potential – marinas, ice skating rinks, roller coasters and seasonal fascinations – yet there’s little discussion about bringing long-term solutions to the gap in [...]