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  Painting the Town Pink

  Kathryn Kondracki | Mon, Aug 18th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: new york city, art, kat kondracki, garbage, adrian kondratowicz, trash, renee mlynaryk, garbage bags, catherine kolnaski magnet school | 0

  Artist Adrian Kondratowicz gives the standard trash bag a makeover. The bags raise environmental awareness but also cost a pretty penny. Fashionable or for real?

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  Would You Like a Coffee with That Bike Repair?

  Kathryn Kondracki | Wed, Aug 13th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Madison | Tags: kat kondracki, trek bicycle corporation, bicycling, machinery row bicycles, wisconsin, trek shop | 1

  Machinery Row Bicycles and Trek Bicycle Corporation join together to bring Madison, Wisc. bikers roadside assistance 24 hours a day.

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  National Number of Homeless Drops Despite Foreclosure Crisis

  Kathryn Kondracki | Thu, Jul 31st, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: homeless, kat kondracki, michael stoops, hud, housing first, chronically homeless | 1

  The total number of homeless Americans drops approximately 12 percent, according to a Department of Housing and Urban Development annual study. 

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• Headlines

  Untangling Intersections

  Kathryn Kondracki | Fri, Jul 25th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: new york city, transportation, brooklyn, kat kondracki, transportation alternatives, wiley norvell, 21st century street, alternative transportation, sustainable, streets, intersection | 0

  Transportation Alternatives, a New York City-based advocacy group for walking, bicycling, and public transit, encourages the public to register in a complete street design competition.
  

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• The Daily Report

  Broken Branches Never Looked So Valuable

  Kathryn Kondracki | Thu, Jul 17th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Hoover | Tags: kat kondracki, ethanol, alabama, alternative fuel, foreign oil, wood, hoover, gulf coast energy | 0

  Hoover, Ala. and Gulf Coast Energy have teamed up to create renewable fuel from, of all things, wood scraps.

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  Birmingham’s Workweek Gets a Makeover

  Kathryn Kondracki | Tue, Jul 1st, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Birmingham | Tags: transportation, kat kondracki, gas, alabama, birmingham, larry p. langford, april odom, workweek | 0

  To ameliorate the toll of rising gas costs, Birmingham officials formulated an alternative work-schedule solution. As of July 1st, the city’s new 10-hour, four-day workweek will be in effect, announced mayor Larry P. Langford. 

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• The Daily Report

  Park Ave. Goes Pedestrian

  Kathryn Kondracki | Wed, Jun 18th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: New York | Tags: new york city, kat kondracki, michael bloomberg, transportation alternatives, wiley norvell, janette sadik-khan, summer streets | 2

  New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announce the pedestrian and bicycle-friendly initiative, Summer Streets. Kathryn Kondracki reports.

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• New Sustainable Development Rolls Doubles

  Kathryn Kondracki | Thu, Jun 5th, 2008 | City: Boston | Tags: environment, energy, boston, kat kondracki, development, olmsted green, housing development, lena, monopoly, housing | 1

  According to the developer of Lena Park, Boston’s new Olmstead Green will consist of 153 affordable housing units and live up to its name by offering environment-friendly equipment and eco-savvy designs.

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