Sustainable Communities Magazine May/June 2011

For in-depth reporting on issues you care about, read Sustainable Communities magazine. It’s the only magazine focused on planning and community development with sustainability in mind. Must-read reporting and analysis on the new land use policies, green building practices, and innovative development strategies that are remaking our cities and towns in this 48 page Sustainable Communities magazine.

Featured articles in the May/June issue:

• APA Conference Proceedings: Loyola Professor warns about building in the wrong places
  
  • Based on his experience in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, Loyola New Orlean's professor Robert Verchick warns about continuing to build communities in areas at risk from natural disasters.

• EPA Charts Steady Course as Resource for Making Communities More Sustainable
  
  • PSC's Andre Shashaty interviews EPA's Office of Sustainable Communities Director John Frece about his thoughts on EPA's role in sustainable community development and what it has planned for the future.

• Bridging the Financing Gap: Good news for Housing and Community Development
  
  • Assessing the financial landscape with Andrew Ditton, as he steers Citibank’s community development group in a rapid
    resurgence as one of the largest players in housing and CD finance.
  • Spike in equity prices helps boost housing tax credit transactions, but demand for allocations exceeds supply in most states.
  • Community development financial institutions are poised for new growth, despite the high profile failure of ShoreBank.
  • New Markets Tax Credit: Advocates gear up to fight for extension to help encourage investment in job-producing ventures.

• Returning to Our Agrarian Roots: A renaissance in urban agriculture
  • Find out why cities like Seattle, Detroit and New Orleans are rewriting zoning laws to make urban agriculture a significant part of the urban landscape.

• California Implements SB 375: San Diegans debate highway versus transit, as regional planners unveil first SC strategy
  • The public comment period is open forthe San Diego region’s 2050 Regional Transportation Plan, the first in the state to incorporate the requirements of California’s “anti-sprawl” legislation, SB 375.

• Northeast Focus: A report from Boston
  
  • Restoration of Fairmount transit line spurs redevelopment, construction of new affordable housing. Plus, new bike sharing program coming this summer will help meet greenhouse gas reduction goals.

• PLUS much more.

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