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Webinar: Greening Vacant Properties

Greening Vacant Properties Join EPA’s Smart Growth Program for a webinar on how Detroit organizations have moved from plans to action in the revitalization of vacant properties. Recent news headlines focus on plans to stabilize neighborhoods and commercial districts in … Continue reading

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Webinar: Cultural Sustainability: Heritage Preservation and Place-making

Cultural Sustainability: Heritage Preservation and Place-making “Heritage Preservation” acknowledges the value of historic buildings and landmarks while sensitive to the stories, institutions, and cultural assets of incumbent residents within our communities. Redevelopment initiatives that compromise cultural heritage are not sustainable … Continue reading

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Northwest Water Planning Alliance Ready to Work

By Kaitlyn McClain The Northwest Water Planning Alliance, a consortium of roughly 80 groundwater and surface water communities in DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, Lake and McHenry counties,  took a big step forward on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, when the Executive Committee … Continue reading

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Supreme Court rules on water resource fights

  By Marcella Bondie, LEED AP Recently, a number of court cases about water resources have made the news. Oklahoma and Texas battled over a river; two Tribal Nations made territorial claims to water rights; and a Florida landowner chafed … Continue reading

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