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It’s Very Cool to Go Local

I can’t recall when in recent memory there has been such a concerted effort to build up the local economy. The teetering global economy no doubt has a lot to do with this trend. While being interconnected on a global scale has done amazing things to raise awareness about the needs of our human community,

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Industries Offering Business, Job Opportunities for our Cities

Job creation is one of those buzz terms that we all hear and understand only too well during this period of economic restraint.  The reasons no longer need much explanation. North America has become too expensive a place to manufacture those products that traditionally provided our communities with jobs that helped our nation’s economy to

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Urban Farming in Cleveland

Urban Farming is a hot topic today but the really good news is that it’s more than a temporary fad for transient professionals living in the city. It’s part of a movement that is including core urban residents and families. Cleveland, one of the most challenged rust belt cities, has an estimated 325 urban market

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The Garden Effect and the Eat Local Movement

When I attended the Congress for the New Urbanism in Madison this past June one of the themes that stuck with me in terms of leading trends was the role of the garden in changing our lifestyles. Sure gardens have an aesthetic role to play in our lives, but the emphasis now is on so

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Enhancing Buy Local Options for Residents

When I think about the “eat local” movement I often connect this to the notion of eating food grown locally, which is the intended meaning of the term. But this weekend I thought about another meaning of the term that is equally valid given the goal of supporting our local economies and that is buying

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Making Convenience Healthy and Affordable

We spend a lot of time thinking about how to make our communities greener,  and how to align our work and personal life to better match our priorities and goals in life. While doing all this, do you ever notice how much food plays a part in all our strategies to live healthier? It’s not

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It’s All About a Better Way of Life – CNU19

I’ve just returned from the annual gathering of architects, town planners, and advocates for new urbanist ideals called The Congress for the New Urbanism or CNU19, held June 1-4 in Madison, Wisconsin. In all the years that I’ve followed this movement I’ve never been to this event, though I’ve read much about it. I have

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New Urban Tips for House Hunting Season

On the web there are thousands of websites and documents promising insight on how to buy a new home, but not many resources on how to select a new urban home. So I thought I would put together some quick tips for the new urban house hunter on the move. #1 Location You’ve heard it

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Widening the Conversation

A few weeks back as I was reading my regular blogs and articles, I came a across an article that was sort of like the straw that broke the camel’s back. It was another whine about why new urbanism needs to be shelved. I wasn’t surprised to learn that the article was  written by someone

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