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February 2, 2012
The Complete Package: Four Community Toolkits You Can’t Live Without

The web is chock-full of community planning tools, resources, websites, and guides. The biggest challenge sometimes seems to be sorting through them all to find the resources that are truly valuable. Here are our picks for three comprehensive guides and toolkits that every community ought to bookmark. They’ll take you through the whole process of building stronger, more engaged communities, from communicating with the public to making sound decisions and then taking action.

December 29, 2011
San Diego Smart Growth Tour 2012

Explore San Diego’s Downtown, Neighborhoods and Suburbs: This three-day tour will combine travel by walking,trolley and coach bus to explore downtown San Diego, old classic neighborhoods, new neighborhoods and suburban downtowns. Each stop will be a great opportunity to learn how a wide range of smart growth strategies are being implemented in communities of all sizes and shapes in this vibrant region.

Explore San Diego’s Downtown, Neighborhoods and Suburbs:

This three-day tour will combine travel by walking,trolley and coach bus to explore downtown San Diego, old classic neighborhoods, new neighborhoods and suburban downtowns. Each stop will be a great opportunity to learn how a wide range of smart growth strategies are being implemented in communities of all sizes and shapes in this vibrant region.

June 3, 2011
Biodiversity in Our Cities – The Case for Urban Nature

Did you know that there is nature in New York City?  The five boroughs are rich with forests, marshes, and meadows – more nature than any other city in North America.  Yet these natural resources are threatened by habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation - the same factors that threaten biodiversity everywhere.

Did you know that there is nature in New York City?  The five boroughs are rich with forests, marshes, and meadows – more nature than any other city in North America.  Yet these natural resources are threatened by habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation - the same factors that threaten biodiversity everywhere.  In fact, about one-third of the native flora and fauna in the United States faces extinction. 

September 10, 2010
Government using Second Life

Once seen as a means of escapism for technology fiends the world-over; Second Life has more recently been harnessed for collaborative purposes with educational and informational goals in mind.  Government agencies from the federal level down to cities and townships are using virtual reality programs as a cost-effective approach to conducting simulations, holding meetings, and hosting strategy sessions.