Topic – Placemaking

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  Gary Toth

  Urbanism works for small towns

  Director, Transportation Initiatives, Project for Public Spaces, Apr 30, 12.

  Urbanism works for small towns, too

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  Kaid Benfield

  Smart growth is not enough

  Director, Sustainable Communities, NRDC, Apr 30, 12.

  Smart growth is a start. But it's not enough.

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  Houston designated as “placemaking capital”

  Bottom up approach

  Alan Halter, Aug 09, 11.

  Houston is designated as the "placemaking capital" of North America due to recent investments in public space.

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  Index B

  Cities reinventing themselves

  A new type of business index that "filters information about real-life business behaviour in a meaningful way.", May 31, 11.

  The city gets a new lease of life.

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  Could Houston be great with small changes?

  Nathan Norris says so

  Vilas Bhuchar, May 23, 11.

  During a recent walking tour, Nathan Norris, consultant for the town-planning firm Placemakers, told Houstonians their city needs small changes to become great

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  Tex Hex - Film viewing on the banks of the bayou

  Vilas Bhuchar, May 21, 11.

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  How form-based codes encourage revitalization

  Vilas Bhuchar, May 05, 11.

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  Edward Glaeser

  "Triumph of the city"

  Harvard economist, NY Times columnist, and author of Triumph of the City., Feb 07, 11.

  Why America needs to love its cities more

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  Carla Saulter

  Cities not inherently unsafe

  Car-free writer from Seattle, writer of the blog Bus Chick, Transit Authority, and Rice University graduate., Jan 03, 11.

  Want a safe place to raise kids? Look to the cities.

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  Grassroots group transforming Corpus Christi waterfront

  Destination Bayfront group

  Vilas Bhuchar, Dec 13, 10.

  A grassroots group of citizens called Destination Bayfront is working with the City and hundreds of citizens to build a world class waterfront in downtown.

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