Comments on: Sustaining Sustainability: It Ain’t Always Easy http://citiwire.net/post/1741/ Our mission... to reflect a new narrative for 21st century cities and regions. Leaving behind the 20th century pattern of cheap energy, endless automobility, burgeoning suburbs, threatened inner cities. To a challenge-packed 21st century: energy prices headed north, perilous carbon emissions, deepening have-have not divisions, excruciating social problems and deep challenges in education. But a time of exciting promise, too. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:15:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Keurig Reviews http://citiwire.net/post/1741/comment-page-1/#comment-2625 Keurig Reviews Mon, 16 May 2011 21:24:58 +0000 http://citiwire.net/?p=1741#comment-2625 Unquestionably believe that which you said. Your favorite justification seemed to be on the net the easiest thing to be aware of. I say to you, I definitely get irked while people think about worries that they just do not know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the top and also defined out the whole thing without having side effect , people could take a signal. Will probably be back to get more. Thanks Unquestionably believe that which you said. Your favorite justification seemed to be on the net the easiest thing to be aware of. I say to you, I definitely get irked while people think about worries that they just do not know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the top and also defined out the whole thing without having side effect , people could take a signal. Will probably be back to get more. Thanks

]]> By: Kaid Benfield http://citiwire.net/post/1741/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 Kaid Benfield Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:04:52 +0000 http://citiwire.net/?p=1741#comment-1160 Hi Mary - I've followed your blog off and on now for some time and really like it. I featured this excellent post on my my own blog <a HREF="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/lessons_from_the_sun_belt_repl.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Keep up the great work! Hi Mary -

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Keep up the great work!

]]> By: Chris Boggiano http://citiwire.net/post/1741/comment-page-1/#comment-1159 Chris Boggiano Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:20:49 +0000 http://citiwire.net/?p=1741#comment-1159 Mary, I'm just coming across this now, but you hit the nail on the head with this post. I live on the Huntersville/Cornelius border in Birkdale Village. Although I think the immediate area around where I live is ok because I can walk to shops, bike to work on the greenway down the street from my house, and walk my dogs in the stand of trees that will someday be Robbins Park, I think the greater Lake Norman area is like a snapshot of Atlanta 20 or so years ago. Sad to say that I don't think it's going to get better anytime soon either. Maybe the North Main Line will get funding approved and get things back on track, but I can't say that I'm too optimistic. Chris Mary,

I’m just coming across this now, but you hit the nail on the head with this post. I live on the Huntersville/Cornelius border in Birkdale Village. Although I think the immediate area around where I live is ok because I can walk to shops, bike to work on the greenway down the street from my house, and walk my dogs in the stand of trees that will someday be Robbins Park, I think the greater Lake Norman area is like a snapshot of Atlanta 20 or so years ago. Sad to say that I don’t think it’s going to get better anytime soon either. Maybe the North Main Line will get funding approved and get things back on track, but I can’t say that I’m too optimistic.

Chris

]]> By: Rick Rybeck http://citiwire.net/post/1741/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Rick Rybeck Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:45:59 +0000 http://citiwire.net/?p=1741#comment-1157 Translating plans from pretty pictures and good intentions into reality is always a challenge. It could become less of a challenge, however, if economic incentives were created that favored compact development that took advantage of transit and other existing urban infrastructure. Some Pennsylvania cities have done just that -- reducing the property tax rates on buildings and increasing the tax rates on land values. This discourages real estate speculation which often drives development away from prime sites. It also creates an economic imperative to develop high-value land -- which tends to be land that is well-served by existing infrastructure. For details about how this works, see http://www.justeconomicsllc. . Translating plans from pretty pictures and good intentions into reality is always a challenge. It could become less of a challenge, however, if economic incentives were created that favored compact development that took advantage of transit and other existing urban infrastructure.
Some Pennsylvania cities have done just that — reducing the property tax rates on buildings and increasing the tax rates on land values. This discourages real estate speculation which often drives development away from prime sites. It also creates an economic imperative to develop high-value land — which tends to be land that is well-served by existing infrastructure. For details about how this works, see http://www.justeconomicsllc. .

]]> By: Robert Justice http://citiwire.net/post/1741/comment-page-1/#comment-1153 Robert Justice Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:06:34 +0000 http://citiwire.net/?p=1741#comment-1153 Dear Neal: I have been sending your articles through a friend to our new Houston mayor, Annise Parker. The mayor sent one of them to the Chair of the Metro transition team, Mr. George Greanias. I don't know if you try to get these to those types of people or not. I will send this one on as before, however, I would think that trying to reach Mr. Greanias might be more productive. Good Luck Robert Justice Kingwood, Texas Dear Neal:
I have been sending your articles through a friend to our new Houston mayor, Annise Parker. The mayor sent one of them to the Chair of the Metro transition team, Mr. George Greanias. I don’t know if you try to get these to those types of people or not. I will send this one on as before, however, I would think that trying to reach Mr. Greanias might be more productive.
Good Luck
Robert Justice
Kingwood, Texas

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