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  • Morning Session JdlS Clip 3

    Posted by admin on March 8th, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | No Comments »

    Growth dilemma: Building sustainable food systems for cities

    Duration : 0:5:8

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    SB 375: Insights from the Experts–Part 4 (Housing Supply and Affordability)

    Posted by admin on March 8th, 2010 and filed under urban smart growth | No Comments »

    From the Spring 2009 colloquium on land use planning and SB 375 at sponsored by the Institute for Urban and Regional Development at UC Berkeley, the Center for a Sustainable California produced a video highlighting the speakers and challenges from these lectures.

    This video was produced by:
    Gary Binger
    Ashley Tindall
    Troy Reinhalter
    Christian Eggleton

    Contact: ceggleton@berkeley.edu
    http://sustainablecalifornia.berkeley.edu

    Duration : 0:1:54

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    Morning Session JdlS Clip 2

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

    Growth dilemma: Building sustainable food systems for cities

    Duration : 0:9:38

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    Talking Jobs with Americas Mayors

    Posted by admin on March 2nd, 2010 and filed under smart growth neighborhood | 25 Comments »

    Vice President Biden and President Obama speak to the U.S. Conference of Mayors about sustaining economic growth and creating new jobs in communities large and small. January 21, 2010.

    Duration : 0:17:58

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    SB 375: Insights from the Experts–Part 2 (Critical Issues Facing Implementation)

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

    From the Spring 2009 colloquium on land use planning and SB 375 at sponsored by the Institute for Urban and Regional Development at UC Berkeley, the Center for a Sustainable California produced a video highlighting the speakers and challenges from these lectures.

    This video was produced by:
    Gary Binger
    Ashley Tindall
    Troy Reinhalter
    Christian Eggleton

    Contact: ceggleton@berkeley.edu

    Duration : 0:5:22

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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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    Refuting Liberal Talking Points: Urban Sprawl

    Posted by admin on February 24th, 2010 and filed under sprawl smart growth | 1 Comment »

    Is urban sprawl a problem as the Sierra Club and other envirokooks say it is? Not hardly.

    http://www.tinyurl.com/3arenr (see table GCT-PH1)

    National Resources Conservation Service, 1997 Natural Resources Inventory, table 1

    As cited in The Best Laid Plans by Randal OToole, p. 97-98

    Duration : 0:3:38

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    SB 375: Insights from the Experts–Part 6 (Local and Regional Planning Challenges)

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

    From the Spring 2009 colloquium on land use planning and SB 375 at sponsored by the Institute for Urban and Regional Development at UC Berkeley, the Center for a Sustainable California produced a video highlighting the speakers and challenges from these lectures.

    This video was produced by:
    Gary Binger
    Ashley Tindall
    Troy Reinhalter
    Christian Eggleton

    Contact: ceggleton@berkeley.edu
    http://sustainablecalifornia.berkeley.edu

    Duration : 0:6:16

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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

    Duration : 0:1:2

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    A Pattern Forward

    Posted by admin on February 15th, 2010 and filed under smart growth network | No Comments »

    A brief introduction on how to make a new street network pattern – the Fused Grid.
    This street pattern responds to the problems thet the 1000-year old patterns create and produces a network for efficient traffic flow and a fully connected and delightful pedestrian path system.

    Duration : 0:1:17

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