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Counting Immigrants Key for Communities
With a little over six months until the 2010 Census, outreach has already begun to ensure as complete a count as possible. A lot’s at stake. READ MORE >>
Birds of a Feather--HUD’s Neighborhood-Based Housing Strategy
Smart grid? No, smart cities
Earlier this month, the Economist discussed the subject of electric cars, making the point that policy has to change if they are to become a successful avenue toward cleaner cars. Beyond regulating vehicle emissions, government also has to develop the electricity grid to accommodate the new vehicles. READ MORE >>
Is Immigration Down in the U.S.?
Today’s release of data from the 2008 American Community Survey offers demographic data-hounds their first detailed glimpse of the effects that the Great Recession is having on America’s population (no income and poverty numbers yet, however). READ MORE >>
Survey Says! No Need to Wait for the Census
The Case for Clusters
President Obama gave a good speech yesterday in Troy, N.Y. that nicely linked the renewal of fading manufacturing centers like Troy to the implementation of the administration’s emerging national innovation strategy. READ MORE >>
The G20’s Already Global Host
Stewart O’Nan’s sepia-toned reminiscence of Pittsburgh past in the weekend Wall Street Journal on the eve of the G20 certainly showcases his ability as a prose stylist, but it wildly misses the mark in discussing the not quite so Steel City’s role in the global economic firmament. READ MORE >>
Obama’s Innovation Speech
President Obama spoke today at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y. and sought to assemble a variety of stimulus and other administration initiatives--community college funding, information technology (IT) initiatives, clean energy investments, advanced vehicle development programs--into a true plan for long-term economic revitalization through innovation. READ MORE >>
Community Colleges Hit the Prime Time
Last night marked the debut of a new NBC sitcom, “Community.” Normally these things come and go in my household—and the rest of the nation—without too much notice (remember “Kath and Kim"? I didn’t think so). READ MORE >>
Founding FAIL
Planetizen released the results of its poll asking for the top 100 urban thinkers this week. The Avenue’s own Bruce Katz is at 31, but, curiously, Thomas Jefferson is ranked 48th. READ MORE >>
