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Posts Tagged ‘Compact development’
New Jersey Future Seeks Nominations for 2012 Smart Growth Awards
Friday, December 9th, 2011DEP Decision Sets Positive Precedent for Compact Growth
Monday, January 31st, 2011Plan calls for channeling future growth into walkable, mixed-use centers, through either redevelopment of existing cities and towns or creation of new communities, surrounded by protected open lands.
Smaller Houses: Symptom of the Recession, or Long-Term Trend?
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010The New York Times Magazine [registration required] takes a look at shrinking square footages for new houses and muses on whether this represents a long-term trend or merely a temporary response to the recession. The crash of the housing market certainly has served to remind people that housing prices don’t automatically keep going up forever…perhaps […]
Walkable, Transit-Rich Neighborhoods Poised for Comeback
Friday, July 23rd, 2010image source: The Atlantic
In the June 2010 issue of the Atlantic, contributor Christopher Lineberger argues in “Here Comes the Neighborhood” that the recent plunge in housing prices hasn’t affected walkable neighborhoods in urban and inner-suburban areas to the same extent as elsewhere. Demand for in-town housing will increase in the future, he […]
