Gulfport Official Optimistic About Prospects of Smart Growth for City Smart Growth Online
Outlined first in post-hurricane reconstruction charrettes early this year, Gulfport's SmartCode was finally ''hammered out'' by Mayor Brent Warr, city staff and urban planner Jeff Bounds for a series of presentations to council members, residents and developers, with proponents ready for ''a tough sell,'' said city spokeswoman Kelly Jakubik, but quite optimistic about the prospects of ''smart
Smart Growth Resource Library: Getting Smart! Newsletter -- September 2006 Smart Growth Online
Getting Smart! Newsletter -- September 2006 The latest issue of Getting Smart! is now available for all Smart Growth Network members in the Members Section. The focus of this issue is smart growth in rural areas.
Smart Growth Resource Library: ULI Community Action Grants 2006 Smart Growth Online
Six grants have been awarded in the latest funding round of the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) community action grants program. Through the program, created two years ago, up to $200,000 in seed capital is available from the ULI Foundation Annual Fund to be distributed as grants to district councils or ULI members on behalf of nonprofit organizations for entrepreneurial programs that aim to improve
'Urban Cottages' make debut as work force housing option San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News
During the 30 months Phoenix Realty Group has been managing work force-housing funds in Southern California, most of its investments have been concentrated in traditional urban infill projects. Typically these developments are multifamily in nature and are located near the urban core. They involve either the adaptive reuse of an existing building or new construction on former industrial sites.
Maine's Traditional Town Centers Could Absorb Expected Future Growth, But Saco Mayor Wonders if Public Will Embrace New Smart Growth Online
Quoting from a new Brookings Institution report that ''Maine's traditional regional centers -- the perfect place in which to counter sprawl with 'smart growth' -- stand ready and able to absorb huge shares of the state's projected growth if only Maine can find ways to utilize them,'' Saco Mayor Mark D. Johnston writes in the Portland Press Herald that he isn't sure ''the public sector is as
Jackson Hole Town Council Candidates Discuss Growth Options as Development Pressure Builds in Resort Community Smart Growth Online
All four candidates for the two open seats on the five-member Jackson Hole Town Council backed long-term planning and START bus service expansion in a pre-election interview with Planet magazine writer Brigid Mander, but Paul Vogelheim and Bob Lenz feared four-story-tall buildings would destroy the local character, while Steve Harrington and Melissa Turley opposed exclusion of any smart-growth
Officials say amendment loss not a 'green' defeat Daytona Beach News-Journal
City leaders largely victorious in their campaign against amendments to the Volusia County charter said Wednesday voters had sent a message against handing too much power to county government -- not against handling growth.
Trends Conference 2007 San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News
The University of San Diego's Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate and the Urban Land Institute San Diego/Tijuana Chapter (ULI) are teaming up to present the prestigious Real Estate Trends 2007 Conference today, from 7 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the University of San Diego campus, located at 5998 Alcala Park.
SPOKANE CITY FORUM Spokane.net
Forty years ago, Bob Dylan sang “the times they are a changin’” as urban residents fled cities for greener suburban pastures.
Pasadena honored for `smart growth' Pasadena Star-News
PASADENA - Mayor Bill Bogaard is the first to acknowledge that not everyone in the city approves of Pasadena's growth spurt in the past decade.


ULI - the Urban Land Institute | Smart Growth
The Urban Land Institute defines smart growth as development that is environmentally sensitive, economically viable, community-oriented, and sustainable.
Urban Advantage:
Uses digital photo editing technologies to aid in visualizing growth options, sharing of those visions, and to speed the learning process.
SMART GROWTH on HousingZone.com 42391
BEST URBAN SMART GROWTH NEIGHBORHOOD/COMMUNITY Harbor Park developers converted the site of a former automobile assembly facility in downtown Kenosha into a
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy - Education & Research
First Annual International Symposium on Urban Smart Growth and Land Policy, Hangzhou 2005 (Recap) Date(s): October 16 - 18, 2005
Driving Urban Environments:
Driving Urban Environments:. Smart Growth Parking Best Practices. A publication of the Governor’s Office of Smart Growth. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.,
National Geographic | New Suburb?: Sprawl vs. "Smart Growth"
Virtual smart growth suburb depicts new urbanist ideas for fighting sprawl: mixed-use zoning, pedestrian-friendly streets, transit, town centers.
West Coast Environmental Law - Issues - Urban Growth and
Bylaws and policies accompany each smart growth strategy. Bylaws and policies can be accessed directly Urban Growth and Development Smart Bylaws Guide
Smart growth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Smart growth principles challenge old assumptions in urban planning, The idea of smart growth has grown in popularity as an alternative to urban sprawl,