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Contents – March 2023
CONTENTS – March 2023 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS… Cities, small and large, build
BOOKS
“TRIUMPH OF THE CITY, How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier” by Edward Glaeser
Summary. Mr. Glaeser is an unabashed advocate of the importance of cities. This doesn’t mean he approves of the current
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Bloomberg Carbon Clock through December 2022.
The monthly values reflect the cyclical or seasonal changes in an inexorably upward secular trend. Check out the graph of
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Energy Sources of Electric Generation
Until fusion is perfected for commercial use, there are only a few sources of energy available to produce electricity or
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NOAA Annual National Climate Report – September 2022
From CT.org…This report, like all NOAA reports, is chock full of data about temperatures, rainfall and other climate data. Check
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Main Street’s Active Zones: Not Too Tall, Not Too Long.
THE ORLANDO REGION’S CHARACTER MAIN STREETS. The five county Orlando Region is fortunate to have many small cities and towns with
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Downtown Community Theaters, “Edu-tainment” Emporiums.
Historical Role of Main Street Theaters in Small Cities and Towns. Movies begat movie theaters. From the late 19th century
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The Main Street Hotel, A Threshold Achievement
Hotels for Tourists and Businesses. Small town tourism is a growing economic development fact. Hotels are the threshold “proof of
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The Design and Content of Nine Character Main Streets in Central Florida
Overview of the Towns. Population. Central Florida’s character towns are of a size and age that befits their condition. Their