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July 17 2008 Edition: A Service of P***tizen - The Planning, Design & Development Network |
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News HeadlinesThe 20 most popular headlines over the last three daysThe Best Places to Live in America Jul 15 2008 -- CNN Money CNN Money has released its ranking of the best places to live. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/33996 The American Lawn, and its Opponents Jul 15 2008 -- The New Yorker The New Yorker traces the history of the American lawn from 1841, commenting on their unnatural origins, and finally analyzing the alternatives suggested by anti-lawn movements. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/33998 A Scandal At The Nation's Largest Community Organizing Group? Jul 15 2008 -- The Huffington Post The New York Times reported last week that the country's largest and most successful progressive community organizing group covered up a $1 million embezzlement. Peter Dreier and John Atlas put the controversy in the larger context. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34004 High Gas Prices Encourage Family to Buy Second Home Jul 14 2008 -- STLtoday The increase in the price of fuel encourages one St. Louis family to purchase a second home near work. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/33869 Electricity and Rail Can Solve Our Energy Woes Jul 16 2008 -- The Daily Gazette, Schenectady Writer Benjamin J. Turon argues that we aren't in an energy crisis as much as a transportation crisis, and that we already have all the technology we need. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34014 Walking and Well-Being Jul 15 2008 -- San Jose Mercury Walkable Communities founder Dan Burden believes walkable communities contribute to greater happiness -- and that Silicon Valley has a thing or two to learn from Denmark. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/33984 Who Picks Up the Slack When Counties Dissolve? Jul 15 2008 -- The Oregonian As timber payments dry up, two Oregon counties are warning that they could dissolve in a year, leaving many in the state wondering how to provide services for residents. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34000 Cities Struggling to Meet Surging Transit Use Jul 16 2008 -- CNN An informal survey by APTA says that cities across the U.S., cities are experiences surging transit use in all modes. Transit agencies are expanding every way they can, but face budget shortfalls. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34036 Feds Plan 'Energy Corridors' Through National Parks Jul 15 2008 -- Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments The Department of Energy is proposing to construct massive "energy corridors", land designated solely for the purpose of energy conduction like oil, hydrogen and electricity. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/33988 Indianapolis Fights Blight With Site Jul 14 2008 -- Indianapolis Star Indianapolis has a growing problem with abandoned houses. To fight the blight, they're now selling the homes online. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/33972 The Interactive Playground Jul 15 2008 -- The New York Times Architect David Rockwell has some new ideas about what makes a good public playground. With movable, buildable foam blocks, his experimental playground in Brooklyn gets kids actively and creatively involved in their play. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34013 Transportation Engineers Facing Declining Funds Jul 14 2008 -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel Palm Beach and Broward Counties in Florida are looking at a future of dwindling resources for road-building, and projecting the need for alternative transportation. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/33979 Cairo's Downfall Jul 16 2008 -- Bloomberg Downtown Cairo has undergone a steady decline in recent years, with more slums developing and more beggars filling the streets. This article from Bloomberg says there are many reasons for the decline. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34023 New Anchor For New Orleans Jul 16 2008 -- New Orleans Times-Picayune New Orleans officials say they have enough grants and private funds to move forward on a "Great Lawn" park for the city, functioning as a gathering place and a link to other attractions. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34018 Preservation vs. Revitalization in Seattle Jul 15 2008 -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Planners in Seattle want to add housing to Little Saigon, a neighborhood with a strong Vietnamese culture, without disrupting the district's character or displacing residents. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/33995 A Newer, Better Poverty Rate Formula Jul 15 2008 -- The New York Times New York City plans to revise the way it assesses poverty levels in the city, bringing in more variables and cost-of-living considerations. Officials expect the new measurement to be more accurate, and are calling on other cities to follow suit. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/33999 Fighting Forcelosure Blight With Demolition Jul 16 2008 -- The Economist As foreclosures increase throughout the country, more cities are looking to solve the problem of abandoned and dilapidated houses with demolition. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34033 Brewer Sale Worries St. Louis Residents Jul 16 2008 -- The New York Times St. Louis is a Budweiser town. But the recent announcement that brewer Anheuser-Busch had been bought out by a Belgian brewer has many in the city worried about the future of their most famous and most unifying resident. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34032 Should Nuclear Reactor Be A National Landmark? Jul 16 2008 -- McClatchy Newspapers The B Reactor at the decommissioned Hanford Nuclear Site in Washington State is up to become a national landmark for its role in producing uranium for The Manhattan Project. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34017
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AnnouncementsPress Releases, RFPs, Events, & AnnouncementsJ. Ronald Terwilliger Highlights Keynote Luncheon at IEDC Annual Conference - International Economic Development Council The planning and development community could be reading your announcement right now. Post your announcement today to ensure it appears in the next Newswire. Job OpportunitiesAssociate - Real Estate, Economics & Urban Planning Basile Baumann Prost Cole & Associates - Annapolis, Maryland Manager, Environmental Planning San Mateo County Transit District - San Carlos, California Senior Planner City of South Gate - South Gate, California Senior Planner City of South Gate - South Gate, California Central Valley Program Director, Sierra Nevada Program Director, River Parkway Project Manager Tuolumne River Trust - Modesto/Sonora, California Want your organization's job to appear in the P***tizen Newswire? Post a premium or enhanced job listing today! 
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