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Update on EcoCity World Summit
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As a follow-up post to our initial announcement of the Ecocity World Summit in Istanbul, scheduled for December 13-15, here are a few links to stories from the Ecocity Media website you may enjoy:
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The City Fix
Nov 6
NEORSD public meetings
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The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District will hold five public meetings this month (PDF) about the proposed regional stormwater district.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 6
West Shore Corridor consultants
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The Lorain County Commissioners hired Parsons Brinckerhoff to conduct a study of the proposed West Shore Corridor commuter rail line.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 6
Fleeting Design
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If you’ve ever worked in distressed communities, you’ve
faced the dilemma that there simply is no private market for what you want to
see built. You can chip away at the
problem of vacant land with t
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Planetizen Interchange
Nov 6
Baggers
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PBS has recently been broadcasting a long documentary series called National Parks: America's Best Idea.
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The Vigorous North
Nov 6
More On The Broken Public Review Process
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Maybe California’s public process for making land use decisions really is “old and sick,” as new urbanism champion Andrés Duany said during a recent presentation in Sacramento.Duany’s criticism of the
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California Planning & Development Report
Nov 6
More On The Broken Public Review Process
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Maybe California’s public process for making land use decisions really is “old and sick,” as new urbanism champion Andrés Duany said during a recent presentation in Sacramento.Duany’s criticism of the
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California Planning & Development Report Blogs
Nov 6
The Weekly Carnage
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The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem
across the metro region.
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Streetsblog
Nov 6
The Fog of Stimulus
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The news is full of stories about the the impact of the ARRA on job creation, including this one from the The Wall Street Journal about a shoe store owner who created or saved nine jobs with
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Newgeography.com
Nov 6
Today’s Headlines
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Bloomberg: NYC Won't Give More to MTA Budget; Free Crosstown Buses?
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Streetsblog
Nov 6
Smart Growth at the Polls
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National news reports of last Tuesday’s election focused on the New Jersey and Virginia governor’s races and the congressional race in upstate New York.
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The Antiplanner
Nov 5
Getting Our Act Together for the Green Economy
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For Release Friday, November 6, 2009
Citiwire.net
What if everyone wanted to do the right thing but didn’t know how to work together to achieve a shared outcome?
That pretty much sums up the challenge
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Citiwire.net
Nov 5
Homelessness in America: Finally, Glimmers of Light
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For Release Sunday, November 8, 2009
© 2009 Washington Post Writers Group
Veterans of America’s recent wars left homeless, abused women and their children seeking nightly shelter, out-of-sight medical
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Citiwire.net
Nov 5
Welcome to Citiwire.net — November 6, 2009
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Welcome to Citiwire.net! Citistates Associate Doug Henton, founder of Collaborative Economics, offers a strong case for green local initiatives, and their palpable economic benefits,
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Citiwire.net
Nov 5
Downtown Cleveland casino
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Now that Ohio voters have passed Issue 3, Dan Gilbert says that work on a downtown Cleveland casino could begin in fall 2010 and that it could open in 2012.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 5
Smart Growth Places 3rd in Houston Mayor's Race
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Houston city councilman Peter Brown, unique as a devotee of smart growth (compact development) in this city of light land use regulation, placed third in the mayoral election yesterday.
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Newgeography.com
Nov 5
Ohio proposals for GLRI dollars
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The Ohio lake Erie Commission is compiling a list of projects (PDF) for potential funding through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 5
Exterior maintenance inspections
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The City of Berea is using a streetside inspection program to assist in the enforcement of residential exterior maintenance requirements.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 5
Center Ridge Road motel demolition
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The City of Westlake razed the former Hubbs Motel on Center Ridge Road. There are no plans to immediately redevelop the site, which the City acquired as part of a settlement last year.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 5
Public Options in Transit and Health Care
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Over the next few months, Congress will continue to debate health insurance reform - and in particular, whether to create a "public option"- a government-financed insurance company which would compete
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Planetizen Interchange
Nov 5
Let’s go on a lightwalk – next Tuesday!
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Here on Urban Omnibus, we are all about urban exploration, maps and interdisciplinary approaches to examining and designing our physical, urban environment.
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Urban Omnibus

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