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• Making Wisconsin Less Stale

  
  Letters in Bottles — Authority: 485
  In my return home to Wisconsin this Thanksgiving, Ive been paying attention.  How is Wisconsin looking?  How is Kiel doing?  How is the region faring in the recession?  Is this a viable place to live?  Are there indicators of life here? While I think he may go a bit overboard in painting a dire scene, I think ...
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• Cooking with Charcoal is More of a Necessity

  
  Ending Extreme Poverty in the Congo — Authority: 129
    More families in the Congo are cooking with charcoal.  It is not the same as the occasional grilling.  It is being used for routine cooking.  In the urban and city areas, charcoal is near unanimous fuel.  In the rural areas like Bulape, charcoal use is not used too much.  The cost of charcoal prohibits ...
  12 hours ago

• Give thanks that Dayton is broke- or they’d waste more tax dollars

  
  Esrati — Authority: 133
  The business of running a city is simple- provide infrastructure and shared community services to the citizens of the city. However, Dayton likes to believe that they are investment bankers. From today’s Dayton Daily News: “We want to support companies that are growing. We want to support winners,” City ...
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• MCI Center and Abe Pollin: lets accurately report all the history

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 535
  Yes, Abe Pollin was great for moving the professional sports teams, the Washington Wizards basketball team, and the Washington Capitols hockey team, from Prince Georges County to 7th Street NW in Downtown DC, which did reanchor 7th Street and the East End of the central business district. See for example, the pieces ...
  1 day ago

• Kiwis Prepare for 1000 Years of Mojito Ice

  
  Underwater Thrills:Swimming With Sharks — Authority: 501
  A titanic iceberg some 500 meters wide, 50 meters tall, and 350 meters thick, containing enough fresh ice to power 11.9 billion Mojitos is barreling down on the New Zealand coast this week. Loose from the Ross ice shelf in 2001 the unprecedented iceburg has members of the New Zealand cabinet rushing to ...
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• Mayor Jackson demands details

  
  Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog — Authority: 436
  Frank Jackson, displeased with what he views as a lack of communication from MMPI, yesterday sent the company a list of questions (PDF) about the the proposed changes in the design of the Medical Mart . He also said that the City will hire a consultant to independently assess the condition of Public ...
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• Rise of the Aerotropolis?

  
  Sprawled Out: The Search for Community in the American Suburb — Authority: 507
  This past Thursdays Economic Development Commission meeting - a fairly frustrating experience; more on that later - featured a presentation by Tom Rave, executive Director of Gateway Milwaukee , on the AEROTROPOLIS concept. As the topic wasnt included on our agenda (i.e. we could do no advance research), I was taken ...
  2 days ago

• Another stadium and parking ramp -- yeah, thats the ticket!

  
  Outrages & Insights — Authority: 124
  You may have missed it, but Monday was Groundhog Day. Not The Ground Hog Day, Punxsutawney Phil and all that. More like the Bill Murray film in which the poor guy wakes up every day only to do the same thing over and over and over again. Our version of Groundhog Day is directed by Andrew Rudnick of the Buffalo Niagara ...
  2 days ago

• Tucson loses control of Rio Nuevo project

  
  Sonoran Alliance — Authority: 143
  Acting like any good parent, The State of Arizona has taken away the Tucson City Council’s favorite toy, the Rio Nuevo Project.  After years of acting like spoiled brats [and blowing millions of dollars in the process] the City Council now puts the fate of Tucson into the hands of others.  Considering the track ...
  3 days ago

• World AIDS Day, Candle Light Walk

  
  PortlandOnline — Authority: 167
  December 1st is World AIDS Day and Cascade AIDS Project is organizing a candle light walk from CAPs Mens Wellness Center to City Hall
  3 days ago

• Clean Energy Works Community Benefit Agreement featured on national webinar

  
  PortlandOnline — Authority: 167
  In case you missed it, on October 22nd, check out Green For Alls "Community of Practice" webinar featuring Worksystems, the City of Portland, the Energy Trust of Oregon, and Green for All
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• Widen this circle

  
  Outrages & Insights — Authority: 124
  There have been some quiet, behind-the-scenes meetings taking place the last month or two aimed at trying to figure out how to fix the mother-of-a-problem involving the citys use of public dollars, mostly federal, to combat poverty and promote economic development. "What we have to do is take 30 years of layering on ...
  3 days ago

• Printing company to expand in Fort Wayne

  
  The AroundFortWayne Blog — Authority: 446
  Press release from the Indiana Ecomonic Development Corporation:Printing company to expand in Fort WayneCraftline Graphics, Inc. announced today that it will expand its printing operations here, creating 75 new jobs by 2012.
  3 days ago

• News Article on LTBB’s Economy

  
  Turtle Talk — Authority: 437
  From Indianz : The  Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Michigan recently formed a corporation to pursue economic development opportunities. Waganakising Odawa Development, Inc. is looking at two sectors: government contracting and renewable energy. Frank Ettawageshik, the president of the corporation, ...
  3 days ago

• The latest on the Port Authority

  
  Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog — Authority: 436
  Details about the upheaval at the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority continue to trickle in: Christopher Evans of the Plain Dealer described the events leading to Adam Wassermans departure . Port Authority board chairman Steven Williams wrote about the steps the board is " taking to correct its course ...
  3 days ago

• Medical Mart conversation

  
  Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog — Authority: 436
  On the most recent Feagler & Friends program , architect Peter van Dijk, Levin College Dean Ned Hill, and the Plain Dealer s Steven Litt discussed the changing plans for the Medical Mart in Cleveland. A Plain Dealer editorial said that the project should move forward . The paper also posted MMPIs ...
  3 days ago

• An example of why even generally good Councilmembers ought not to be legislating transportation routes

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 535
  (buses, streetcars, etc.) Will sends us a link to this story in Voice of the Hill , " City Officials map out streetcar plan ." Councilmember Tommy Wells of Ward 6 is generally pretty damn good on transportation issues. But all councilmembers tend to waffle when it comes to making cost-benefit decisions on bus ...
  4 days ago

• Locals have 4x economic impact over nationals

  
  It's Great 'n Dayton — Authority: 104
  Anyone thats followed my posts for a while knows Im an advocate for supporting local businesses. Ive had several posts about shopping locally, eating and buying from indepdent businesses, buy local campaigns, and supporting local artists (particularly when looking for holiday gifts). Heres a link to Cooltown ...
  4 days ago

• Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...
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• Elk Grove Business Summit Explores Economic Endeavors

  
  Elk Grove News.net — Authority: 137
  Jobs and FaceBook. Those were two of the main ideas explored at the Elk Grove Business Summit held on Thursday night at the Grocery Outlet as business owners gathered to brainstorm on how to soften the bruising recession. Sponsored by the Elk Grove Community Connection, the summit brought together elected leaders, ...
  4 days ago

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