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  • Frank Lloyd Wright against urban cities, 1958

    Posted by admin on February 27th, 2010 and filed under smart growth network | No Comments »

    February 19, 1958

    From the Forum Network’s free lecture titled “Frank Lloyd Wright – Creative Mind: The Architect as Creator”
    http://forum-network.org/lecture/creative-mind-architect-creator

    The host is Lyman Bryson

    Duration : 0:9:56

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    Seville Rows – Costa Pacific Communities Real Estate, Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, OR

    Posted by admin on February 24th, 2010 and filed under smart growth communities | No Comments »

    The exceptional Seville Rows the newest homes in the Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Oregon boast all of the conveniences buyers are looking for in a new home. Featuring floor plans with up to three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, ranging from 2,005 to 2,500 square feet, the homes offer gourmet kitchens, dining nooks, gas fireplaces, soaring ceilings, bonus rooms and two-car garages.

    Visit Villebois.com or call 866-580-2836 to learn more about the Villebois Village Center.

    Duration : 0:1:9

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    Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, OR – One-Level Living in the Carvalho Condominiums

    Posted by admin on February 21st, 2010 and filed under smart growth neighborhood | No Comments »

    One-Level Living in the Carvalho Condominiums
    Costa Pacific Communities Presents Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Oregon

    The first of its kind in Wilsonville, Oregons award-winning Villebois Village Center, the Lagos floor plan in the communitys Carvalho Condominiums offers buyers one-level living at an affordable price. Achieving Platinum certification in green building through Earth Advantage, the Lagos features two bedrooms and two bathrooms and a spacious great room floor plan with gas fireplace and other desirable amenities.

    Visit Villebois.com or call 866-580-2836 to learn more about the Villebois Village Center.

    Video Created By www.KineticKnowledge.com

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    Urban Infill Gone Wild

    Posted by admin on February 15th, 2010 and filed under urban smart growth | 3 Comments »

    Austin redevelopment of Robert Mueller Airport

    Duration : 0:3:54

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    Behind the Green Curtain (Part 3 of 4)

    Posted by admin on February 12th, 2010 and filed under smart growth movement | 5 Comments »

    Behind the Green Curtain: Environmentalism vs. Property Rights

    Behind the cloak of idealism used by the environmental lobby is a toxic, power-seeking agenda. This video unearths the lobby’s real goal, which is to eliminate private property ownership altogether. Filmed in 1995 and produced by Voice of Free America.

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    COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Video uploaded for nonprofit, educational purposes only under the “fair use” provision of U.S. Code, Title 17, section 107. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

    Duration : 0:10:0

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    Behind the Green Curtain (Part 2 of 4)

    Posted by admin on February 9th, 2010 and filed under smart growth movement | 3 Comments »

    Behind the Green Curtain: Environmentalism vs. Property Rights

    Behind the cloak of idealism used by the environmental lobby is a toxic, power-seeking agenda. This video unearths the lobby’s real goal, which is to eliminate private property ownership altogether. Filmed in 1995 and produced by Voice of Free America.

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    COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Video uploaded for nonprofit, educational purposes only under the “fair use” provision of U.S. Code, Title 17, section 107. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

    Duration : 0:10:0

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    America In Crisis (Part 5 of 6)

    Posted by admin on February 2nd, 2010 and filed under smart growth movement | No Comments »

    The late Helen Chenoweth discusses the economic impacts of the environmental movement on our land base. She also exposes how the Wetlands Act and the Endangered Species Act are being used to destroy private property rights. Filmed in September of 1993.

    Duration : 0:10:0

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    Stop158

    Posted by admin on February 2nd, 2010 and filed under sprawl smart growth | No Comments »

    Stop 158 is an organization fighting urban sprawl and an unnecessary highway project in Southwestern Illinois. This video shows why it is important to save the farmland, the environment, and the quality of life in the region.

    Duration : 0:6:20

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    Austin Progressive Fire Chief Promoting Based on Diversity & “Change”

    Posted by admin on January 29th, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | 11 Comments »

    The Austin Fire Chief’s decision to promote three men is causing unrest within the department. Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr is trying to increase diversity within her management team.

    She wants to promote Lt. Matt Orta who is hispanic, Lt. Richard Davis who is African American and Battalion Chief Harry Evans who is white to Assistant Chief and increase their salaries to $120,000 a year.

    “It’s change and change does create some conflict, we all know change is difficult,” Chief Kerr said.

    Palmer Buck with the firefighter’s nnion says this kind of change is also expensive and sends the wrong message to firefighters during a tough economic time.

    “Firefighters can’t have their physical fitness equipment repaired, there’s no budget for it, but we want to approve two new un-needed executive level positions,” Buck asked council members Thursday.

    Representatives with the firefighter’s union are also upset that two lieutenants are being promoted to assistant chief, ahead of dozens of higher ranking AFD employees. But city officials say there is a more important goal at stake.

    “There’s another struggle taking place here as well and that’s us working toward making the fire department more progressive,” said Assistant City Manager Michael McDonald.

    City officials say two AFD assistant chiefs recently retired so the promotions will cost the department only $10,000 more per year.

    The Austin City Council still has to approve the promotions but Thursday they voted to postpone the decision until June 11.

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    Politics As Usual Forum 1

    Posted by admin on January 29th, 2010 and filed under smart growth movement | No Comments »

    Green City Journal hosted a forum on November 8th, for the closing night of Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association’s (PIFVA) expo “Politics As Usual?”, which highlighted political documentaries made by local filmmakers. Here’s an excerpt from the discussion that followed the screenings where panelists discuss what they expect in the first 100 days of an Obama presidency. Participants include Jerry Silberman, from PASNAP and local sustainability movements, David Sternberg, Chairperson for Philly for Change, Jethro Heiko, Director for Organizing Iraq Veterans Against the War and co-founder of Casino-Free Philadelphia, Rob Stuart, filmmaker and founder of Evolve Strategies and Evolve Foundation, Gail Lloyd, editor of Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan and group moderator Caryn Hunt of www.GreenCityJournal.com. Video shot by Debbie Rudman.

    Duration : 0:9:57

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