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  1. The short answer is yes - looming debt issues will penetrate every debate. Let's make sure land use is ever in the mix. http://bit.ly/6SSwtV
  2. Chuck recommends a podcast debate that raises important questions on our economic recovery. Should we seek recovery... http://bit.ly/8nuLGr
  3. "Across the U.S. as a whole, approximately 50 percent of the warming that has occurred since 1950 is due to LAND... http://bit.ly/5su0dY
  4. NYT columnist calls for new American iconic infrastructure projects - we say let's imagine a new approach for the future: http://ur.ly/3EA7
  5. Strong Towns Blog reviews a 2001 article in Forbes Magazine previewing a crash in housing. Eight years later, is a... http://bit.ly/6tyNUH
  6. Our Strong Town slant on this week's news. This week the focus is on "transformation". Economy, transportation and... http://bit.ly/5LNSKd
  7. John Michlig presents some excellent street knowledge for Strong Towns advocates in this post about economic... http://bit.ly/4v4kuJ
  8. A Strong Towns approach to economic development on the Jane Jacobs model. http://bit.ly/4FKsE3
  9. A Strong Towns approach to economic development on he Jane Jacobs model. http://bit.ly/6Sy4Ky
  10. Brookings Institute did this great analysis on infrastructure, stimulus and jobs that we referenced in today's... http://bit.ly/8sBRJc
  11. In the Bay Area, households spend an average $41,420 on housing and transportation - 59% of median household income... http://bit.ly/6XlKEX
  12. Joshua Schank of NTPP today in Mpls: "In many ways, land use is the cheapest way to address our problems." http://www.bpcntpp.org/ #ntpp
  13. Follow up to our blog post today - more thoughts on small towns "chasing smokestacks". Futile and costly. http://bit.ly/4BxwJJ
  14. Was Kelo bad law or just bad economic development policy? Get the Strong Town answer. http://bit.ly/07ZzEZ9
  15. RT @Richard_Florida: For housing prices, the higher they came, the harder they fell: http://ur.ly/3BD8
  16. Looking forward to tomorrow's discussion with the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Transportation Policy Project at the University of MN.
  17. The Friday News Digest - The week's news with Strong Town commentary included. This week: mostly housing. All signs... http://bit.ly/6HfWRE
  18. From California nonprofit, TransForm: "Our current pattern of growth - sprawl - is costing us too much. It requires... http://bit.ly/3UVwX4
  19. We are in a no win situation w/ housing. We can't let it implode, but can we really continue to do this to prop it up? http://bit.ly/2MpaEi
  20. Strong Towns offers a sketch of bold ideas for moving forward - sacred cows beware. http://bit.ly/7a7Ny