The Street Plans Collaborative - Better Streets, Better Places. New York Miami and Open Streets Project | Opening Streets to People, Sharing Resources, Transforming Communities 11/25/2012 (a.m.)

• The Street Plans Collaborative - Better Streets, Better Places. New York Miami
  The Street Plans Collaborative is an urban planning, design, and research-advocacy firm. We strive to create high-quality public spaces, and believe that the key to reversing the harmfulmn effects of suburban sprawl is to promote compact, walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods. We thrive on working with our clients, partners, and other likeminded organizations to improve the quality and function of the built environment. We seek to increase the effectiveness of multi-modal transportation as a means to creating more competitive and sustainable 21st century towns and cities.
  Tags: Walkable, mixed use, streets, urban planning, urban design
• - By Brian G. Dowling

• Open Streets Project | Opening Streets to People, Sharing Resources, Transforming Communities
  The Open Streets Project is a collaboration between the Alliance for Biking & Walking and The Street Plans Collaborative. The goal of the project is to share information about open streets and increase the number, size, and frequency of initiatives occurring across North America.
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  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Sustainable Economies Law Center 11/24/2012 (a.m.)

• Sustainable Economies Law Center
  The Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC) provides essential legal tools -- education, research, advice, and advocacy -- to support a transition to localized, resilient economies. Our work focuses on practices that promote justice and sharing, including barter, local currencies, cooperatives, community enterprises, local investing, cohousing, urban agriculture, and other innovative economic stra...See More
  Tags: Legal, sustainability, economics, Facebook
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Not your usual OpenPlans toolkit | OpenPlans 11/23/2012 (p.m.)

• Not your usual OpenPlans toolkit | OpenPlans
  We build tools to get cities on the path to better technology, help citizens get the responsive government they should expect, and scale up small discussions to city-wide change. We are an impartial, informed guide to civic technology, incorporating technology, transportation and city planning, an open-source approach, and the standards knowledge necessary to deliver valuable tools to our clients.
  Tags: toolkit, community building, community design, community planning
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Los Angeles Economic Roundtable - 11/20/2012 (p.m.)

• Los Angeles Economic Roundtable -
  The Economic Roundtable is a non-profit, public benefit corporation organized to conduct economic, social and environmental research that contributes to the sustainability of individuals and communities. The Economic Roundtable seeks to respect the needs and goals of all neighborhoods and communities of interest affected by its work. Research findings are made readily available to public policy makers, affected communities, and the general public.
  Tags: Sustainability, research, Economic, social, environment
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Collective Action Toolkit | frog 11/16/2012 (a.m.)

• Collective Action Toolkit | frog
  The Collective Action Toolkit (CAT) is a package of resources and activities that enable groups of people anywhere to organize, build trust, and collaboratively create solutions for problems impacting their community. The toolkit provides a dynamic framework that integrates knowledge and action to solve challenges. Designed to harness the benefits of group action and the power of open sharing, the activities draw on each participant’s strengths and perspectives as the group works to accomplish a common goal.
  Tags: design, change agent, collaboration, toolkit
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Presencing Institute 11/15/2012 (p.m.)

• Presencing Institute
  The Presencing Institute (PI) is an awareness-based action research community for profound societal innovation and change. The presencing process is a journey that connects us more deeply both to what wants to emerge in the world and to our emerging, higher self.
  Tags: deliberative decision making, dialogue
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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The American Dream Composite Index and Rethinking the Automobile 11/09/2012 (p.m.)

• Rethinking the Automobile
  “Rethinking the Automobile” is a project created by livable streets advocate Mark Gorton. Its goal is to raise awareness around the negative impact of the automobile on our world.Through public events and media campaigns, Rethinking the Automobile reveals how policies that prioritize the automobile destroy public space in our cities and towns and have created a dangerous and unsustainable world.
  Tags: automobile, suburban, urban, transportation, environment, walkable, health, mobility
• - By Brian G. Dowling

• The American Dream Composite Index
  Xavier University’s American Dream Composite Index™ (ADCI) measures the extent to which people living in the United States achieve the American Dream. The ADCI is based on a random sample of no fewer than 1,000 adults who are surveyed online each month, with at least 400 respondents recurring from the previous month.
  Tags: economic development, composite index
  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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