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China, Great Britan making creative class waves: When looking for creative class benchmarks in culture, placemaking and policy, it’s
How green is your neighborhood?: A few months ago we wrote that neighborhoods can now be green
Smallest coolest apartments 2007: Each year the innovative folks at Apartment Therapy award the smallest, coolest
Transparency tyranny’ will result in better places: What is transparency tyranny? From Trendwatching.com: “Old economy fog is clearing: no
Key to attainable housing? Combining multiple elements: Nowadays, one affordable housing strategy isn’t enough to make a difference. You
Land trusts preserving attainable housing as well as wilderness: Land trusts, like the Trust for Public Land, are widely known for
Main streets go virtual to serve local community: We all know Amazon.com serves the world’s goods, but how about if
You can ‘co-own’ a sports team, a band, a movie… and soon buildings: MySpace, Wikipedia, YouTube… are all making money hand over fist for its
Beatnik-inspired housing: The Jack Kerouac Lofts: What are the words often associated with Beta Generation writer Jack Kerouac?
Reinventing the ‘burbs, sort of: The civic leaders of St. Louis Park, an inner-ring suburb of Minneapolis,
WSJ – ‘Animal House Meets the Empty Nest: The Wall Street Journal article, Animal House Meets the Empty Nest, sums
DC mayor proclaims shared workplace with its own day: Can a co-workplace; community and collaboration space for entrepreneurs and independents, be