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CREATIVE CITY NEWSLETTER: JULY 2003
ISSUE 8: NEW OPPORTUNITIES
ISSUE IN FOCUS: E-government
On-Line, Easy, and Accessible
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Community
Development Lends its Hand to
Economic Development
CREATIVE CORNER:
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Young Creatives Speak
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Articles of Interest
Upcoming
Events
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Architecture/Landscape/Urban
Design
Social Planning
Transportation
Community/Economic Development
Government and Politics
Land Use
Youth
E-World
Architecture/Landscape/Urban
Design
The Largest 'Green' Building In The World:
The new $370 million David L. Lawrence Convention Center on
the banks of the Allegheny River is the world's largest green
building.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-
review/entertainment/s_135899.html
Fostering The Creative City:
City planner Michael Gordon had a personal reason for wanting
Vancouver's skateboarding rules relaxed this month -- he rides
22 blocks to work each day. But there's a lot more to it than
that
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/
LAC/20030517/FCPLAN//?query=skateboarding
A Trash-To-Park Story:
A nationally-known trash heap will be transformed into an
urban park ten times the size of New York's Central Park.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?
res=FB0B10F63B5B0C708DDDAC0894DB404482
Social
Planning
UK's Most Creative City:
Ethnic diversity, gay-friendliness, a rich architectural heritage,
and a large and thriving student population with three universities
ranks this city as U.K.'s most bohemian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/northsouth/article/
0,2763,963445,00.html
Transportation
Transit-Oriented Development: Density,
Design, and Diversity:
What planners can do to ensure that transit-oriented development
works as advertised.
http://www.planning.org/planning/nonmember/default1.htm
Community/Economic
Development
Setting East St. Louis On The Right Track:
Kenneth Reardon recounts the decade-long successful effort
to revitalize the once-devastated East St. Louis community.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/128/ridingrails.html
Census Reveals A Steep Decline In Concentrated
Poverty:
The surge in high-poverty inner-city neighborhoods reversed
in the 1990s, but hidden problems remain.
http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/publications/
jargowskypoverty.htm
Government
and Politics
Urban Revitalization: Differences Between
UK and US:
An interview with U.K. deputy prime minister John Prescott;
he talks about the urban policy differences between the U.S.
and U.K. as well as London's bold congestion charging experiment.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jun03/150320.asp
Land
Use
Walking To Work Not So Pedestrian:
Philadelphia's Center City is the nation's largest "24-hour"
downtown.
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/opinion/5900598.htm
The Ideal Community for Retirees:
A respected gerontologist envisions the ideal senior community.
http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2003/0114/
life/stories/01life.htm
Use
Youth
Mayor launches ‘Heart of Our Parks’
summer youth program:
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz has kicked off the Heart of Our Parks
summer program designed to give youngsters an opportunity
to take part in arts, cultural and educational programs this
summer, as well as enjoy a series of free summer concerts.
http://www.communitynewspapers.com/2002/bnews/
06-1-09-03/local2.htm
E-World
Is Google God?
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/opinion/29FRIE.html?th
Power to the People:
Affordable and user-friendly technology could provide an exciting
new platform for discussing planning and development issues.
http://www.planetizen.com/oped/item.php?id=100
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