Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
My friend Chuck Wolfe has written a terrific essay called “Rediscovering the Urban Eye of a Child,” on his blog myurbanist. An astute observer of… Continue reading →
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC One of my most popular recent posts was published last month on Valentine’s Day. In it, I pointed out that some of the cities considered the most romantic in th… Continue reading →
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC In a feature posted by Jon Bruner, Forbes.com has published an amazing map showing every US county and containing migration data from 2008 for any pair of counties that the… Continue reading →
Sometime a very long time ago, when I was still new at this smart growth stuff, I remember hearing a planner from Portland recount two principles that had guided one of that city’s famous land use plans: every neighborhood should have a view of M… Continue reading →