Topic – Communities

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  Coastal forums seek to unite 12m residents to plan for healthy Gulf of Mexico

  America's WETLAND Foundation

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Nov 30, 11.

  Residents, public officials, businesses, and nonprofits of the Texas Gulf Coast met in Galveston to plan for the health of the entire Gulf and its communities.

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  Shelley Poticha

  A more sustainable future

  Director for Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, US Dept of Housing and Urban Development, Nov 22, 11.

  Sustainable Communities grants will build a better future across the nation

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  Andrew Dessler

  Global warming will cost Texas

  Professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University in College Station, Jul 11, 11.

  Texas is vulnerable to climate change

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  Kaid Benfield

  The Pursuit of Happiness

  Director, Sustainable Commuities and Smart Growth, NRDC; co-founder, LEED-ND rating system, Jul 05, 11.

  How do communities make us happy?

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  How would you spend $350 million?

  Toll road on the prairie? Or?

  Jay Blazek Crossley, May 18, 11.

  Would you spend $350 million of the Texas Mobility Fund to improve access & quality of life for Houstonians, or for a speculative development toll road?

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  Hughes now majority owner of Woodlands, Bridgeland

  North Houston area communities

  Vilas Bhuchar, Jan 24, 11.

  Dallas-based The Howard Hughes Corporation is now the majority owner of The Woodlands and Bridgeland, both north Houston area master-planned communities.

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  Amanda Thompson

  Planner Malpractice?

  Planning Director of Decatur, GA, Nov 30, 10.

  Planners need to show leadership.

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  Living Cities to fund transit-oriented development

  $150 million for TOD

  Jon Boyd, Oct 25, 10.

  Living Cities, a private consortium, will invest $150 million in transit-oriented development.

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  Walkable communities reduce respiratory disease

  Vision California

  Jon Boyd, Sep 21, 10.

  Creating walkable communities can reduce the incidence of many diseases, study shows.

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  Neal Peirce

  Metros are key to the future.

  Washington Post Writer's Group, May 24, 10.

  Metros are key to the future, but will cities and suburbs collaborate?

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