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Live Blogging from Intelligent Cities

June 2, 2011 by Adam Christensen
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IBM has plenty of company when it comes to deep concern and deep thinking about the future of cities.  Monday, at the Intelligent Cities Forum in Washington, D.C., hundreds of urban planners, city leaders and data mavens will gather to share insights on ways to make cities more successful and sustainable using data, analytics,... [read more]

Look Who’s Coming to Green Cities™ Florida

May 17, 2009 by Joleen Deatherage
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On May 20th, the Orange County Convention Center will open its doors to Florida’s top business, community and government leaders who are gathering to attend the first ever Green Cities™ Florida conference. The event is designed to create, connect and facilitate meaningful business dialogues while providing educational platforms... [read more]

High Hopes for Low Income, Neighborhood Markets

May 14, 2009 by Project for Public Spaces
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Food access, especially for lower-income neighborhoods, is a hot topic these days. Those of us who work in the field of markets and food issues know that there are many communities suffering from a lack of fresh, healthy food – especially fruits and vegetables. In return, these communities are experiencing rising rates of heart disease... [read more]

Learning from Los Angeles

May 13, 2009 by Amadie Hart
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Editor's note: This post was written by Ed McMahon, ULI Senior Resident Fellow for Environmental Policy. He is a panelist at ULI's Developing Green conference underway this week in Los Angeles. This event is focusing on green issues related to the Western and Southwestern regions of the U.S. ULI is hosting a second Developing Green... [read more]

For Green Benefits, Remodel(ing) Building Codes

May 11, 2009 by Shari Shapiro
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At the National Association of Home Builders' Green Conference in Dallas this weekend, conversation turned to retrofitting buildings.  There was universal acknowledgement among the homebuilders I spoke to that building new homes was going to be dwarfed by retrofitting and renovating existing dwellings for the... [read more]

Why farmers need (something like) Facebook

May 1, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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Some solutions to environmental problems are dizzyingly complex. Others are surprisingly simple. Last week at FORTUNE’s Brainstorm Green conference, the Environmental Defense Fund released its 2009 Innovations Review—a collection of new ideas, products and services that are good for business and good for the environment. EDF asked me to... [read more]

Putting the "UD" Back in HUD

May 1, 2009 by Amadie Hart
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Editors note: U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan addressed the 2,500 attendees at ULI’s recent Spring Council Forum in Atlanta, emphasizing the need to "put the 'UD" back in HUD," by re-emphasizing HUD's role in fostering urban development, and revamping HUD to make it more effective in catalyzing... [read more]

Wave of LEEDigation

April 30, 2009 by Chris Cheatham
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Last week, I attended the ABA Forum on Construction “Talking Green Blues” conference in New Orleans.  The one presentation I was looking forward to the most was “When ‘Green’ Turns to ‘Red’ and ‘LEEDs’ to a Summons and Complaint,” which was moderated by Frank Musica.  Musica is one of the foremost experts on green building... [read more]

Housing: The Road Ahead

April 29, 2009 by Amadie Hart
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Attendees at ULI’s Spring Council Forum received an update on various efforts by the federal government to aid the housing recovery, including funding in the recently enacted economic stimulus package to support the weatherization of affordable housing, aid communities in neighborhood stabilization through the acquisition of foreclosed... [read more]

The Parallax View

April 27, 2009 by Geoff Manaugh
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If you happen to be in Melbourne, Australia, this weekend, I will be speaking at Parallax, the Australian National Architecture Conference. My subject will be architectural media, broadly speaking, in a dual session co-hosted with Aaron Betsky:The role of the media in disseminating architectural theory and practice has been debated as... [read more]

Top Ten Responsibilties of Public Markets

April 26, 2009 by Project for Public Spaces
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In the Opening Plenary of the conference, attendees were asked to brainstorm in small groups around the question, “What are the roles and responsibilities of public markets in reconnecting communities and local economies?”  Answers were written onto index cards, and collected throughout the three-day conference. At Closing Plenary... [read more]