Long time friend of the Urban Environment League has written an opinon piece in the Naples News:
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Planning News
- RLUIPA and the Mosque-Building Controversy
- Has American Individualism Failed Society as a Whole?
- New Orleans Debates Highway Removal
- More Ways to Shrink
- The Urban and Civic Impact of Daniel Burnham
- Cities With the Most Pedestrian Deaths
- Cash for Clunkers Program A Dud, Say Economists
- Skaters Vs. The Dead
- The Vicious Cycle of Adding Capacity for Cars
- True Historic Buildings At Risk, As Faux Historic Buildings Spring Up
Archive for March, 2010
Andrew Dickman Speaks out in Naples News.
Katy Sorenson With Some Good Advice for The Community
In an Op Ed in the Miami Herald yesterday, County Commissioner gave some good advice to the community. Here are some excerpts: • First, we must listen to voters and we must educate them. Political leaders are elected to do just that, to lead. It is our duty to make responsible decisions and let...
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Virginia Key Planning meeting Saturday a Success
About 75 people gathered at the Rusty Pelican Saturday morning to see University of Miami Architecture students’ presentations for Virginia Key. Dr. Gregory Bush first set the stage with a powerpoint presentation. There was a lively question and answer period that followed the student presentations. After the initial meeting the group moved on to...
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Tampa Tribune Editorial: Growth Management and the Florida Legislature
An awful lot of development’
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Spring Garden Activist: James G. Broton
The Miami Herald reported today, the passing of a former UEL Board Member James G. Broton. We mourn the loss of Jim, a dedicated community activist from Spring Garden. UEL Vice President Ernie Martin, who lives in Spring Garden, said: “He was a little eccentric, but we loved him. Jim had a quirky attitude...
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Help our County Park get Fruit Trees!!
The Park has been entered in a grant competition sponsored by Edy’s Fruit Bars and the Fruit Tree Planting foundation. The top vote getter will receive 50 fruit trees. The 50 new trees we could obtain with this grant would be a nice addition for the park. We would like to enlist your help...
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Green Job Training in Broward County
We hope Miami takes a look at the Broward County great program promoting training for green jobs. This is from their website about the OIC Green Training Initiative: What is Green? What is a “Green” industry or occupation? The term “green,” is widely applied to a substantial variety of products, services, and even lifestyle...
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Virginia Key Planning NEEDS PUBLIC INPUT!
Saturday, March 27Planning for Virginia Key Rusty Pelican, 3201 Rickenbacker Causeway, Virginia Keyfrom 9:00 AM-11:00 PMThe event is free and there will be free breakfast munchies and coffee. email UELinfo@bellsouth.net for further Info. The Urban Environment League invites interested members of the public to the Rusty Pelican for an update on planning for Virginia...
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The UEL Dinner April 21st: Energy Forum
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The UEL’S panel will look specifically at South Florida — to assess our current energy mix, propose ideal and reachable goals for the future, and offer a road map on how we can best reach the goals proposed.
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Unnatural Causes: health and the social environment at FIU starting Saturday, March 27. By Santiago Leon
Although we often speak of health and health care as if they were the same thing, in fact health care plays only a small role (not more than 15%) in the over-all health of our population. A much more important role is played by environment and lifestyle. Breaking it down further, it is apparent...
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