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May. 03, 2012 / Gordon Price

Indicators of a New Era: Trading a Backyard for a Train Station

From the Wall Street Journal, for God’s sake … TOD – transit-oriented development – lives: Developers say this type of…
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May. 01, 2012 / Gordon Price

First Thursday: Beyond Condos, Immigrants and Drugs

Time for another noon-time City Conversation (they’re every first and third Thursday) at SFU Vancouver Beyond Condos, Immigrants and Drugs When:…
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Apr. 27, 2012 / Gordon Price

“Suburban sprawl … may well be over in the United States”

Sprawl …. over? It’s one thing for the Smart-Growth and Greenie crowd to be saying something like that.  But when…
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Apr. 26, 2012 / Gordon Price

Connections: Running Government like a business

Here’s a story that made the news the other day: The cost of the Translink board of directors has skyrocketed…
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Apr. 23, 2012 / Gordon Price

First Thursday City Conversation: The Future of Metro’s Economy

May is almost here.  So time for the First Thursday City Conversation at SFU Vancouver: Beyond Condos, Immigrants and Drugs:…
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Apr. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

New meaning for ‘Tax Farming’

From Better! Cities and Towns: City officials tend to think of tax yield on a parcel-by-parcel basis. That’s like analyzing…
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Apr. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

Transformations: The Hipsterization of Greenpoint

From the BBC: A decade ago, Greenpoint, the northern most part of Brooklyn, New York, was home to a thriving…
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Apr. 19, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Decline of Exurbia?

Other posts have observed that post-2008, the American Exurbs have not only lost their glitz but perhaps their viability.  Now,…
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Apr. 17, 2012 / Gordon Price

Carbon Talks: Economic Assessment of the Northern Gateway

Carbon Talks, and PICS host a brown-bag lunch dialogue featuring Robyn Allan, economist.  April 27 from 12:30 to 01:30 PM at…
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Apr. 16, 2012 / Gordon Price

Chart: Tax Rates in America

Every so often a graphic comes along that condenses a lot of data which, variously interpreted, is the subject of…
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Mar. 22, 2012 / Gordon Price

Scott Bernstein – Tonight at SFU – on Location Efficiency

Progress Lost, Progress Redefined, Progress Regained—How Location Efficiency Performance Measures Are Being Used to Achieve Economic Security Scott Bernstein, President…
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Mar. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

Amenity versus Affordability?

From the Downtown Vancouver Association: “It’s time for some deep self-reflection about who we are in Downtown Vancouver, and what…
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Mar. 19, 2012 / Gordon Price

Our Suburban DNA

Luke Brocki continues his search for explanations and solutions to the affordable housing dilemma. I offer mine: “We’re entirely a…
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Mar. 15, 2012 / Gordon Price

Value for Money: The Cost and Competiveness of Cities

From Atlantic Cities: This new index by the Economist Intelligence Unit ranks the competitiveness of 120 of the most prominent…

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