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Nov 6
The Fog of Stimulus : 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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Nov 5
Smart Growth Places 3rd in Houston Mayor's Race : 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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Nov 4
Republicans Sweep from Reston to Roanoke : Republicans dominated the Virginia elections, sweeping all three statewide offices and gaining at least three House of Delegates seats. Former Attorney General Bob McDonnell crushed state Sen....
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Nov 2
Riding Out the Recession in the Forty Strongest Metropolitan Economies : A few days ago BusinessWeek released a list of the top 40 metropolitan economies based on data compiled at the Brookings Institution's Metromonitor project....
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Oct 27
New York Migration Study, the State Continues to Lose Residents : The Empire Center for New State Policy has released “Empire State Exodus,” which details New York’s continuing loss of people and their incomes to other states. The report was authored by E. J....
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Oct 26
The Week New Urbanism Died? : It has been a bad media week for New Urbanism. “The day that New Urbanism Died?” was the headline of the St....
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Oct 16
Commercial Real Estate Bust of 2010 : Coming soon to a market near you: a bust in commercial real estate that will make the subprime mortgage crisis look like a picnic....
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Oct 10
British Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab for the "Worst. Climate. Campaign. Ever." : Climate change threatens popcorn prices, air planes, and outdoor hockey....
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