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What is Great City?

Great City is a strategic urban advocacy group that believes smart and responsible urbanism is the solution to many of our social, economic, and environmental challenges. We are effective by engaging and empowering neighborhood groups (Neighborhood Assistance Program), developing and advocating for key urban strategies (Streets for People, Leadership for Great Neighborhoods, and Green Infrastructure), and bringing together public and private professionals to discuss and critique current projects and processes (Great City’s monthly brown bag series at GGLO).

Apr

18

Population growth at the heart of metropolitan areas

Posted by Nate Cole Daum

Cities are where people want to be, according to the most recent data available. The Transport Politic has more:
Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual population estimates for counties as of July 2011. These data provide significant insight into changing population trends in the United States, and [...] Continue Reading…

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Apr

17

Human Transit v. Making Transit Fun at Town Hall tomorrow

Posted by Nate Cole Daum

Here’s some good advice from a man who knows what he’s talking about. Former Washington State Department of Transportation Secretary Douglas MacDonald suggests you check out the matchup of dueling transit-nerd-celebs Jarrett Walker and Darrin Nordahl at Town Hall tomorrow:
For all the endless discussion of public transportation in an around [...] Continue Reading…

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Apr

14

Promoting Sustainability through Zoning Reform in Philadelphia « Sustaining Places

Posted by Nate Cole Daum

The city’s previous code was emblematic of the urban renewal era, requiring a strict separation of uses and dictating suburban lot sizes and setbacks throughout the city’s many single-family residential neighborhoods. As a result, the classic Philadelphia rowhouse became a nonconforming use. While these standards likely seemed reasonable, or even necessary, in 1962, by the mid-2000s the original goal of introducing suburban character to the inner city seemed quaintly out of step with contemporary zoning practice… [...] Continue Reading…

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Apr

13

Next American City » Buzz » Twin Cities Mimic Nation as Exurban Growth Slows

Posted by Nate Cole Daum

Since 2007 Minnesota’s exurban growth rate slowed to 1.1 percent, down from 25.5 percent in the years prior. 

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While tower cranes continue to proliferate in Seattle’s apartment-hungry center city, “The latest population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that people no longer are rushing to fringe communities [...] Continue Reading…

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Apr

12

Finding $ for infrastructure

Posted by Nate Cole Daum

Governing.com talks about the use of advanced data analytics to more efficiently deploy government services, thus saving money for longer term investments or capital repairs that are also urgent:
…Richmond was the fifth-most-dangerous city in the country in 2005, before it began using analytics technology to sift historical crime information and predict [...] Continue Reading…

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