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Hamida Kinge | Dec 21st, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles, New York |
Immigrants fuel growth in cities and are nearly 30 percent more like to start businesses than native-born Americans. A recent conference on immigrants’ roles in cities sparked debate over how cities can foster immigrant businesses. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Dec 4th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles |
A recent
Wall Street Journal article suggests that cities should do anything they can to avoid cutting crime-reduction budgets during these lean times. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Dec 2nd, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: Los Angeles, San Diego, Urban Nation |
Yesterday, Josh Leon
gave his thoughts on California’s high-speed rail project. Holly Otterbein
wrote about it before the election. Now Ben Adler, NAC fellow, gives his two cents. Was Proposition 1A the best use of money for transportation? (
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Josh Leon | Dec 1st, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco |
In the second of three pieces, NAC will explore the recent approval of a $10 billion bond measure to construct a high-speed rail link between Sacramento and San Diego. Holly Otterbein already voiced her thoughts
here. Stay tuned tomorrow for Ben Adler’s take on it. (
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Benjamin Gilbert | Nov 12th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles |
On Oct. 31,
Next American City and over 100 guests explored Los Angeles’ hidden gem, Farmlab. The afternoon lunch, courtesy of Farmlab, included a spread of fresh foods and vegetables including some ingredients - cactus and bananas - grown on the premises! Occidental College’s Mark Vallianatos then took attendees through a brief history of food in Los Angeles, highlighting some of the key conversations at the moment including the lack of affordable fresh food in several neighborhoods, the demand for schools to offer healthy alternatives and the recent fast food ban. (
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Benjamin Gilbert | Nov 12th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles |
Over 150 guests attended the Urbanexus: Los Angeles event series. The lecture, held at A+D Museum, brought out a crowd of 50+ for a discussion on architecture in the city. The next day, at Farmlab, over 100 attendees contributed to a conversation on the politics of food in a city like Los Angeles. (
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Holly Otterbein | Nov 11th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles |
Last Tuesday, Californians voted to build a high-speed bullet train that will connect the state’s major cities. It’s costing them $10 billion.
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Michelle Kuly | Oct 23rd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Next American City kicked-off our URBANEXUS series on Oct. 29 & Oct. 31 in Los Angeles. Find a slideshow of the event plus full audio of Mark Vallianatos’ speech right here on
AmericanCity.org! (
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Michelle Kuly | Oct 16th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles |
Join us in Los Angeles for the kick-off of
Next American City’s URBANEXUS event series. With special guests Mark Vallianatos, Chris Hawthorne, Sam Lubell and others… (
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Holly Otterbein | Oct 15th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles |
Last week, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 375 into law, thereby mandating that the state curb its rampant sprawl patterns. The bill also seeks to cut greenhouse gases. Is it too good to be true? (
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On Oct. 31, Next American City and over 100 guests explored Los Angeles’ hidden gem, Farmlab. The afternoon lunch, courtesy of Farmlab, included a spread of fresh foods and vegetables including some ingredients - cactus and bananas - grown on the premises! Occidental College’s Mark Vallianatos then took attendees through a brief history of food in Los Angeles, highlighting some of the key conversations at the moment including the lack of affordable fresh food in several neighborhoods, the demand for schools to offer healthy alternatives and the recent fast food ban. (keep reading…)
