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• The Daily Report

  Report from the Summit on American Prosperity

  Larry Martin | Wed, Jun 25th, 2008 | Category: Events | Tags: news, transportation, building, economics, larry martin, events, website, brookings, summit, metropolitan policy program, summit on american prosperity | 0

  Over 900 attendees from 32 states attended the Summit for American Prosperity where policies were discussed and a network of cities formed. The agenda was the centrality of American cities as engines for economic prosperity.

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• NAC News

  Next American City Issue 19 Preview!

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, May 28th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: jeffrey hill, environment, philadelphia, detroit, building, homeless, brooklyn, katrina, research, taxpayers, events, next american city, schools, issue 19, issue preview, next issue, summer issue | 0

  Our new issue hits shelves on June 1 - just a few days away! Issue 19, “The New School,” features stories on New Oreleans’ Charity Hospital, Co-op schools in Brooklyn, Demolition in Detroit, Homelessness in L.A., Escalators in Philadelphia and much more! Also, interviews with Wendy Walters, Jake Dobkin and David Wilson. Here’s a little preview of what’s to come!

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• The Daily Report

  Federalism and Pollution: Enemies of Los Angeles

  Evan Miller | Wed, May 7th, 2008 | Category: Guests | City: Los Angeles | Tags: environment, transportation, california, economy, energy, green, evan miller, the new argument, oil, video, sports, events, congress, average, target, mandate, epa | 2

  With the recent White House-sanctioned raise in CAFE standards, the battle of federal fuel economy regulations versus state emissions and pollutants standards will clash once again. A fight that killed General Motor’s electric car in the 90s, Los Angeles and cities like it will not let their states loosen environmental standards at the hand of federalism. The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports. 

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• Headlines

  Event Recap: NAC in San Francisco + Haiku?

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, May 6th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: san francisco, building, downtown, michelle kuly, events, pooja shah, symposium, popos, spur, swig, accessibility | 0

  Last month, NAC’s Michelle Kuly and Pooja Shah visited San Francisco last month for the “Space in the City” symposium, subscriber cocktail party at Swig and EcoCity 2008 conference. Michelle even penned a thank you haiku to friends and supporters. More…

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• NAC News

  Plan Philly: Join TNAC at the Delaware Waterfront Plan Presentation

  John Reinhardt | Fri, Nov 2nd, 2007 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: john reinhardt, nac, events, symposium, deleware waterfront, pennsylvania convention center, next ammerican city, civic vision on the waterfront | 0

  Join The Next American City at the public presentation of a civic vision for seven miles of the central Delaware riverfront, led by PennPraxis at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.  The presentation represents a year-long public planning process in which over 4,000 Philadelphians worked together to imagine a bright future for Philadelphia’s original riverfront.

  The event will include new graphics and design ideas, a video summarizing the Planning Process, and…

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