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| From the President
 On Sustainable Communities
"Sustainability" is one of the great buzzwords of our time. Ever since the U.N.'s Brundtland Commission issued a call for "sustainable development" back in 1983, the term has been applied to an ever widening array of issues. Today we have sustainable agriculture, sustainable forestry, sustainable energy, sustainable business, sustainable design, sustainable tourism, sustainable living... you name it. At 10,000 Friends we and our colleagues are talking a lot about sustainable communities these days. But what exactly do we mean by that? More... |
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Please join us for the 2010 Commonwealth Awards on May 11, 2010!
10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania invites you to join us as we honor great design and planning and the individuals whose exemplary efforts are making Pennsylvania's communities better places to live. We have planned an evening of learning and fun! Seating is limited so get your registration in soon! For more information, please click here.
There is still time to join the list of our esteemed supporters by becoming a sponsor of the 2010 Commonwealth Awards program. Click here for more details! |
Federal Rejection of I-80 Tolling Sends PA Back to the Drawing Board on Transportation
The Federal Highway Administration's rejection of Interstate 80 tolling this week calls for some hard decisions by Pennsylvania's government. We'll soon find out if our leaders are up to the challenge. Click here for an op-ed by 10,000 Friends that appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer. |
| Smart growth strategies emphasize reuse of land in new EPA report
An updated U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report shows a continuing shift in development toward urban neighborhoods in the United States, despite a slow a real estate market.
This trend, described in EPA's 2010 report, "Residential Construction Trends in America's Metropolitan Regions," shows that redevelopment continues in many urban neighborhoods. More... | |
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| Quantifying Open Space Loss From Urban Sprawl
"A new study in the journal PLoS ONE finds that 1.4 million hectares of open space was lost to urban sprawl in the United States from 1990 - 2000. Robert McDonald from the Nature Conservancy and fellow researchers conducted an analysis of land cover data to measure the amount of agricultural and natural areas converted to development across the 274 metropolitan areas of the country." Please click here for the complete article and links to the study. |
| Pew Report - State of the States 2010: How the Recession Might Change the States
"In State of the States 2010, the Pew Center on the States looks beyond the acute problems caused by the Great Recession to examine larger trends that have the potential to change state government in lasting ways.
Both policy makers and voters will make key choices this year that will help determine the shape of state government in this new decade and beyond. The latest in a series of annual publications, State of the States 2010 can help inform those choices with its nonpartisan, analytical look at the recession's effects on policy and politics in the 50 states." For more information, please click here. |
More Smart Growth News From 10,000 Friends
 As part of out ongoing effort to bring you the most relevant smart growth news from around Pennsylvania and beyond, 10,000 Friends now offers the "News" section of our web site available as an RSS feed. By adding this feed to a service such as Google Reader, you can receive current news highlights from 10,000 Friends as we add them to our website. We believe this tool will help you to stay informed of the many important issues facing Pennsylvania's communities every day.  10,000 Friends has also joined the growing network of Twitter where we are connecting with Pennsylvania's political leaders, partner nonprofit organizations, and activists interested in our issues. If you are also a Twitter user, you can follow us @10000friends for the latest land use and infrastructure news from Pennsylvania and beyond.  Are you on Facebook? Now, 10,000 Friends is too! Become a fan of our page for the opportunity to interact with 10,000 Friends staff and to network with other Pennsylvanians who are interested in smart growth issues. Finally, be sure to check in on the Transportation For Pennsylvania coalition blog to get all the latest transportation news from across Pennsylvania. |
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