The National Public Housing Museum Eyes a 2021 Opening
The museum will tell the history of American public housing in a remnant of a 1930s public housing complex on […]
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Sustaining Affordable Housing and Neighborhoods.
THE PROMISE OF A DECENT, SAFE AND SANITARY HOME. Housing the Nation’s people in a decent, safe and sanitary home
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Wells Fargo to Donate $1 Billion for Affordable Housing
Three unnamed cities are on a shortlist to score a philanthropic windfall from the Wells Fargo Foundation, the scandal-plagued megabank’s
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Planning Affordable Housing and Neighborhood.
THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME-EXPENSE SQUEEZE. The affordability of housing in America at the start of the 21st century is an issue
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“Transportation for Livable Cities” by Vukan R. Vuchic
Though this book is somewhat dated, now being 20 years since production, the thoughts are clear, well organized, fundamentally sound
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The Swamp, The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise by Michael Grunwald
Chapter One, Grassy Water “The First 300 Million Years (Abridged)”, p14. “The Everglades showed up…around the time the Egyptians started
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Internet Service Master Plans. Alternative Concepts for Providing Internet Service.
Internet Service Master Plans are being developed, or at least explored, by communities across America. The two system configuration options
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America’s Main Street Hotels: Transiency and Community in the Early Auto Age
by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle Hotels in small cities and towns have always been popular despite a
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Small Cities and Towns as Players in the Global Economy: The Character Town as an Entrepreneurial Town.
A vision that many small cities and towns may have is to be a participant in the global economy. With
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Trees and Tree Canopies
OBJECTIVE. Every community in America is concerned about increasing its tree canopy for its aesthetic, environmental and real estate value.