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On the Cover:
Mayor Kasim Reed:
The New Politics of Sustainability Atlanta is at the center of one of the fastest growing regions in the country and Mayor Kasim Reed wants it to lead the region into a new era of sustainability. In an exclusive interview with Sustainable Communities magazine, he talks about the new politics of sustainability, and why he knows he will prevail.
Regional Planning:
San Diego adopts California’s first Sustainable Communities Strategy, setting out a forty-year vision for sustainable planning and development in the region. Critics and supporters weigh in on the plan.
“Agrarian” Urbanism:
Famed new urbanist Andrés Duany describes a vision for a new type of community, one where agriculture is seamlessly woven into the town and residents are involved in all aspects of food production.
Special Section
Soaring tax credit equity investment prices make up for shrinking federal and state subsidies to sustain production of affordable rental housing. Competition for tax credits increases, as state allocating agencies examine ways to cut project costs.
California’s tax credit program:
How one developer makes deals work, and what to expect in 2012.
Celebrating a housing leader.Sustainable Communities looks back at the 40-year career of Patrick Clancy with The Community Builders, and his groundbreaking work to preserve affordable housing and create new mixed-income developments.
Design & Architecture:
College students from around the world competed in the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s 2011 Solar Decathlon, designing and building solar homes. University of Maryland emerged the overall winner of the competition
And much more.
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