Faster is better, and other trends

Unique Homes

February 22, 2013 09:45

Taking town planners to task. In an Atlantic Cities article, Anthony Flint, a fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Cambridge, Mass., take...

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Is Texas really better for business?

North County Times

February 22, 2013 09:30

In 2006, Eric Loeffel, who lived most of his life in California, decided to pack up and move his educational software business from San Diego to Austi...

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Some drawn by taxes, incentives

San Diego Union-Tribune

February 22, 2013 09:30

In 2006, Eric Loeffel, who lived most of his life in California, decided to pack up and move his educational software business from San Diego to Austi...

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Tax burden, low property values lead to exodus of Detroit residents

The Detroit News

February 22, 2013 08:41

Detroit — For a generation, Detroit has levied as many property taxes as it legally could on its citizens. Now, after decades of plummetin...

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Housing the coming billions in cities

TEDxBeaconStreet

February 15, 2013 09:00

“It’s really about growing urban populations,” says Anthony Flint. “It’s about making our cities world wide the best and...

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Hoboken mayor seeks storm protection more suitable for high-rise buildings

The New York Times

February 13, 2013 09:00

HOBOKEN, N.J. — Places long accustomed to the routine beatings of hurricanes have shaped this country’s traditional response to them: evac...

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Why modernism gets blamed for making snowstorms worse

The Atlantic Cities

February 13, 2013 09:00

Another major snowstorm. Time to lash out at modernists. For all the flat roofs, I mean. The flat roofs collecting those staggering amounts of sn...

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For walkability, the journey is as important as the destination

Planetizen

February 12, 2013 09:00

This Big City reviews a new book by urban designer Julie Campoli that explores the elements crucial to creating walkable places. "Simply having shops,...

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Are changes coming for property tax limits in Oregon?

The Statesman Journal

February 08, 2013 09:00

Oregon voters may be asked to decide the most sweeping changes in statewide property tax limits since they took effect years ago. The changes could c...

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Nowhere and everywhere: the landscape of the Colorado Delta

Places/Design Observer

February 07, 2013 09:00

On the map the delta was bisected by the river, but in fact the river was nowhere and everywhere, for he could not decide which of a hundred green lag...

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Experts say suit challenging Arts and Transit zoning is unprecedented

The Daily Princetonian

February 05, 2013 09:00

Local residents who filed a lawsuit against the University late last year stand on unprecedented legal ground, according to legal and policy experts f...

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The fight for the Mount Laurel doctrine

Next American City

February 04, 2013 09:00

Last week the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland released a study finding that poverty is on the rise across the nation. Midwest urban areas have seen ...

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Why walkability isn't just about proximity to shops

Walkonomics

February 03, 2013 09:00

For many people, the concept of ‘Walkability’ simply means how many shops, cafe’s, schools and other services are within walking dis...

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Innovate to meet the challenge of conservation

TEDxBeaconStreet

January 30, 2013 09:00

In the late 1970s, Jim Levitt was a National Park Service program assistant for Alaska lands. “I was a very small part of a very large effort le...

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Cities ask nonprofits to pay for services

Governing

January 29, 2013 09:00

From storefront charities to sprawling medical centers, nonprofit groups are discovering that their property-tax-exempt status no longer shields them ...

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Urbanization: Making room

The Economist

January 28, 2013 09:00

GROWTH, unemployment, industrial production—data for comparing countries is in rich supply. But if economists want to analys...

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Cities ask tax-exempt groups to pay for services

Minnesota Star Tribune

January 28, 2013 09:00

From storefront charities to sprawling medical centers, nonprofit groups are discovering that their property-tax-exempt status no longer shields them ...

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Oddest PILOT proposal to date: tax nonprofits, cut business taxes

Nonrpofit Quarterly

January 28, 2013 09:00

It’s another day, so of course there’s someone in Pittsburgh clamoring for higher payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) from nonprofit proper...

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Schools need city nonprofits to invest in children's futures

The Cleveland Plain Dealer

January 28, 2013 09:00

With passage of the recent school levy, Clevelanders have naturally been looking at their property tax bills. As a state representative and someone wh...

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Yakima legislator's bill aims to have state pay counties for some state land

Yakima Herald-Republic

January 24, 2013 08:53

an 24, 2013 (Yakima Herald-Republic - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- YAKIMA, Wash. -- While publicly owned land makes up about...

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