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New Urbanism Meets Goldrush Wisdom
www.triplepundit.com
One person's unsolicited opinion about Loma Rica Ranch.
Local Food Coalition
www.localfoodcoalition.org
Working together to support local farmers, preserve local farms and farmland, and ensure a local food supply in the western Nevada County area of California.
Slow Food
www.slowfoodusa.org
Slow Food U.S.A. is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to supporting and celebrating the food traditions of North America. From the spice of Cajun cooking to the purity of the organic movement; from animal breeds and heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables to handcrafted wine and beer, farmhouse cheeses and other artisanal products; these foods are a part of our cultural identity. They reflect generations of commitment to the land and devotion to the processes that yield the greatest achievements in taste. These foods, and the communities that produce and depend on them, are constantly at risk of succumbing to the effects of the fast life, which manifests itself through the industrialization and standardization of our food supply and degradation of our farmland. By reviving the pleasures of the table, and using our tastebuds as our guides, Slow Food U.S.A. believes that our food heritage can be saved.
Smart Growth America
www.smartgrowthamerica.com
Smart Growth America is a coalition of national, state and local organizations working to improve the ways we plan and build the towns, cities and metro areas we call home. The coalition includes many of the best-known national organizations advocating on behalf of historic preservation, the environment, farmland and open space preservation, neighborhood revitalization and more. Our state- and regional-level members are community-based organizations working to save treasured landscapes while making our towns and cities ever more livable and lovable.
American Institute of Architects
www.aia.org
The AIA’s Center for Communities by Design is a catalyst, convener, and source of information that helps AIA members work with citizens and other stakeholders to envision and create more livable, healthy, safe, and sustainable communities.
Good Design Makes a Difference
For almost 150 years, members of The American Institute of Architects have worked with each other and their communities to create more valuable, healthy, secure, and sustainable buildings and cityscapes. AIA members have access to the right people, knowledge, and tools to create better design, and through such resources and access, they help clients and communities make their visions real. Visit Center for Communities by Design to see enhanced collaboration in action.
Project for Public Spaces
www.pps.org
Project for Public Spaces is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities. It provides technical assistance, education, and research through programs in parks, plazas and central squares, buildings and civic architecture, transportation; and public markets. Since its founding in 1975, they have worked in over 1,000 communities in the United States and around the world, helping people to grow their public spaces into vital community places.
The Michigan Land Use Institute
www.mlui.org
The Michigan Land Use Institute was founded in 1995 to establish an approach to economic development that strengthens communities, enhances opportunity, and protects the state's unmatched natural resources. Its mission has been to help Michigan avoid the patterns of suburban sprawl and over-development that cause traffic congestion, pollution, loss of community, rising costs to individuals and governments, and a deteriorating quality of life.
The Congress of the New Urbanism
www.cnu.org
The Congress for the New Urbanism views disinvestment in central cities, the spread of placeless sprawl, increasing separation by race and income, environmental deterioration, loss of agricultural lands and wilderness, and the erosion of society's built heritage as one interrelated community-building challenge. The CNU stands for the restoration of existing urban centers and towns within coherent metropolitan regions, the reconfiguration of sprawling suburbs into communities of real neighborhoods and diverse districts, the conservation of natural environments, and the preservation of our built legacy.
The Doe Mill Neighborhood
www.doemill.org
This web site serves as a means to promote communication among folks in the Doe Mill neighborhood in Chico, California, as well as to celebrate the unique nature of the community. As explained in ' A Special Place,' Doe Mill has already received considerable acclaim as one of the better executed 'New Urban' residential projects in the country. The web site provides information about the continuing development of Doe Mill as well as the plans for other projects in the surrounding area.
Walkable Communities
www.walkable.org
Walkable Communities was established in the state of Florida in 1996. It was organized for the express purposes of helping whole communities, whether they are large cities or small towns, or parts of communities, i.e. neighborhoods, business districts, parks, school districts, subdivisions, specific roadway corridors, etc., become more walkable and pedestrian friendly.
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