May 1, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I hesitate to write yet another article about bringing “smart growth” – the combination of ideas born in the 1990s to counter suburban sprawl &nd… Continue reading
February 6, 2013
by Tiffany Traynum
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Tiffany Traynum, Program Assistant, San Francisco
As I’ve said before, “I love my four-wheels”, partly because I’m the offspring of the car enthusiast of all enthusiasts and partly because I’m a Californian… Continue reading
October 9, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Today’s article is by my friend Lee Epstein, an attorney and land use planner working for sustainability in the Mid-Atlantic region. Lee’s last contribut… Continue reading
September 20, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Anyone familiar with my writing and work knows I am all in on revitalization, when it’s done sensitively and with inclusion. Nothing has been worse for… Continue reading
August 9, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
If you care about green cities, you have to like a lot of what’s happening in Philadelphia lately, from land use planning to watershed management to the gree… Continue reading
June 15, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Earlier this week I featured the promising work of the public-private partnership ArtPlace, which provides financial support to arts projects that revitalize … Continue reading
May 10, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
When it is done well – with inclusion, affordability, environmental and cultural sensitivity, and attention to great placemaking – few things are as good for our c… Continue reading
April 16, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
If you’re in the business of trying to make communities better, and supporting great, green revitalization that will strengthen central cities, you know only… Continue reading
March 26, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
About a decade ago, three NRDC colleagues – Jutka Terris, Nancy Vorsanger and myself – published a book of early examples of smart growth that had spru… Continue reading
March 7, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
It’s one thing for advocates and pundits like yours truly to advocate the greening of cities, towns and suburbs through environmentally responsible revitaliz… Continue reading
January 10, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Italian architect Stefano Boeri dreams big and green. He has created six bold, transformational ”ideas for a bio-diverse metropolis” that could be… Continue reading
November 4, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Regular readers of my work know that I return periodically to a few favorite city sustainability projects, following their evolution over time. One of those … Continue reading
October 19, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I undertake today’s topic with more than a little trepidation, since it is by its nature emotionally and, not infrequently, racially charged. The title… Continue reading
September 7, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I’m of the opinion that the package of (bold, at the time) smart growth policies introduced in Maryland in the 1990s by then-governor Parris Glendening has d… Continue reading
June 16, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC I’m in Wilmington, Delaware this week, where I was asked (and honored) to speak to an EPA-sponsored symposium on green historic preservation. I spoke … Continue reading
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by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
At the bottom of this post are two short videos about Detroit, both featuring architect and planner Mark Nickita, principal of the city’s Archive Design Studio… Continue reading
May 13, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
New Orleans lost about half its population in 2005 as a result of the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the failure of the levees built to pro… Continue reading
April 28, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
I am leaving today for the annual spring meeting of the Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, to which I was honored with an invitation … Continue reading
February 28, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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This past Saturday, Bill Clinton, basketball legend Alonzo Mourning and I watched a basketball game at Verizon Center in downtown DC. The team that all three of us were rooting for lost, unfortunately, not least because star player C… Continue reading