Posts Tagged ‘washington post’
A 30-Year Success Story: What’s Next for “LISC”?
“Welcome to Citiwire.net! There’s lots of phony talk about “American exceptionalism” these days. But I’d nominate one valid contender: the early and continuing foundation and corporate support of development for our troubled neighborhoods. A major leader: the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. Since I first interviewed founder Mike [...]
World Cities: Where to Put Their Oncoming Billions?
“Welcome to Citiwire.net! Will (must) the world’s cities grow dramatically in land form in the years ahead? It’s no longer very likely in the U.S. and Europe, but represents the all-but-inevitable scenario in the developing world as hundreds of millions of rural residents continue to pour into cities. A Lincoln Institute of Land Policy [...]
Why MERS Needs to be Taken Out and Shot
Some readers may have been unhappy with my failure to comment on a Washington Post article late last week about a push by the mortgage registry service, MERS, to “legalize” its activities. Even though the article indicates that dollars are being thrown at lobbyists to sell the MERS version of reality in DC, their approach seemed to be so [...]
Help us put nations on a sustainable path
Mathis Wackernagel, founder of the Ecological Footprint, is on our Advisory Board for our Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators. - Hazel Henderson, Editor If you read the New York Times, the Washington Post, or dozens of other leading publications around the world last month, you may have seen our most recent findings: Humanity is [...]
The Big Picture: Foreclosure Fraud – Systemic, Industrywide, Pervasive
Foreclosure Fraud: “Systemic, Industrywide, Pervasive” Bernanke QE2 Speech Word Cloud Banks (like Airlines) Have NEVER Made Money…
Neal Peirce on Washington-state Land Conservation
“Welcome to Citiwire.net! In an era of disparaging governance, some communities do learn to “do it right.” My column focuses on the thoughtful, long-term land conservation advances of the Puget Sound citistate, now reaching out its Olympic Peninsula as well. … Roberta Gratz relays the exciting story of revival strategies in Syracuse , one [...]
