January 7, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
A little-known but very interesting government agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, is quietly leveraging small amounts of financial assistance t… Continue reading
September 13, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
This three-minute video is almost haunting in its poetic but spare portrayal of what was then seen as the city of the future. In presenting LA from an o… Continue reading
July 5, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
My view of sustainability is a broad one. I work for an environmental organization, so ecosystem health is always in mind. But, as with most ecosystems… Continue reading
April 9, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Little Tokyo, an important historic neighborhood of roughly five large city blocks, sits in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, a short walk from the city&rsqu… Continue reading
February 29, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
A city cited not long ago as the nation’s most sprawling is now firmly on a path to become substantially greener. In particular, two weeks ago I descri… Continue reading
February 13, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
London (photo by Chuck Wolfe)
There is a reason that romantic movies and novels are set in cities such as Paris, Rome, Prague, San Francisco, and New … Continue reading
March 31, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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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
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by Kaid Benfield
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It has been a dozen years or so, fifteen at the most, since a broad but committed group of advocates and organizations coalesced around a shared set of beliefs that, borrowing from then-Maryland-governor Parris Glendening’s la… Continue reading