More than 60 people toured Port Townsend on Feb. 3 as part of a Smart Growth in Small Towns Tour cosponsored by Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, which debuted its new offices in Port Townsend the same day. Video by Allison Arthur of The Leader
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From The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment’s 7th Annual Conference, “Building: A new Green Economy”. This conference focused on methods to deliver more sustainable growth in our towns and cities.
More info: http://www.princes-foundation.org/index.php?id=1123
Rob Hopkins is co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and of the Transition Network. He set up the first 2-year full-time permaculture course in the world as well as coordinated the first eco-village development.
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Interviews with key participants in the second of three “urban labs” in Atlanta leading into the May 19-22, 2010 conference of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU). For more information: www.cnu18.org
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Plaza Business Park is a 350,000 Square Foot mixed use project in Visalia, CA located at the intersection of Highways 99 and 198 in the South Central San Joaquin Valley. It includes retail services, restaurants, offices, pedestrian/bicycle amenities, and progressive use of LEED environmental design principles throughout.
The buildings provide excellent flexibility in accommodating both large and smaller size tenants. Office building sizes range from 10,000 to 100,000 square feet with individual occupancies from 2,500 SF.
For information on sales, leasing and design features call (559)732-2200 or go to www.manganoco.com.
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Arlington County’s Transit Oriented Development over the last 40 years is explained in this 11min video. Planner, Bob Brosnan, takes us on a journey from the post war visionary leaders, who laid Arlingtons award winning foundations, to a streetcar future. Brosnan gives a concise definition of Arlingtons Smart Growth, its benefits, and where that growth is headed.
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State Delegate Maggie McIntosh, D-Baltimore, at Sustainable Communities Advocacy Day in Annapolis explains the best stewart for a sustainable Maryland.
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To shape a high qulaity neighbourhood start with the basic rules that ensure the movement system works well for pedetrians, cyclists and cars. Add the elements of connectivity and pleasure that neighbourhood residents would delight in. The future evolution of the buildings will complement this basic structure; no need to determine every detail.
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To shape a high qulaity neighbourhood start with the basic rules that ensure the movement system works well for pedetrians, cyclists and cars. Add the elements of connectivity and pleasure that neighbourhood residents would delight in. The future evolution of the buildings will complement this basic structure; no need to determine every detail.
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The nonprofit organization, Woodlands Trail and Park is promoting smart growth in the Greater New Orleans area by establishing low-lying greenway corridors in one of Southeastern Louisianas last stands of bottomland hardwoods. The greenways provide a contiguous corridor of low-lying forested greenspace and wetland areas that serve as a natural sponge to absorb stormwater run-off, a windstorm buffer to protect the surrounding community and provide the vital habitat for wildlife and migratory birds. It is this type of smart growth, quality of life that preserves a communities “sense of space” and quality of life while attracting Fortune 500 executives to new communities. www.woodlandstrail.org
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Edward Hess discusses his new book “Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks.”
In “Smart Growth,” Edward Hess accounts for the complexity of growth from the perspective of organization, process, change, leadership, cognition, risk management, employee engagement, and human dynamics. Authentic growth is much more than a strategy or a desired result. It is a process characterized by complex change, entrepreneurial action, experimental learning, and the management of risk. Hess draws on extensive public and private company research, incorporating case studies of Best Buy, Sysco, UPS, Costco, Starbucks, McDonalds, Coca Cola, Room & Board, Home Depot, Tiffany & Company, P&G, and Jet Blue. With conceptual innovations such as an Authentic Earnings and Growth System framework, a seven-step growth funnel pipeline, a Growth Decision Template, and a Growth Risks Audit, Hess provides a blueprint for an enduring business that strives to be better, rather than simply bigger.
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