National News Links

• Cameras deliver swift lessons (Washington Post, September 30, 2009)
• Home is where the heart is – and the money, too (Globe and Mail, September 30, 2009)
• The next youth-magnet cities (Wall Street Journal, September 30, 2009)
• Alternative energy projects stumble on a need for water‎ (New York Times, September 29, 2009)
• Can billboards spruce up Market Street? (San Francisco Chronicle, September 29, 2009)
• More cities are putting social services under one roof (USA Today, September 29, 2009)
• Interest in farmers markets is growing (USA Today, September 28, 2009)
• Growers reap fruits of labor at farmers markets (USA Today, September 28, 2009)
• 'Twilighters’ put small town in the spotlight (New York Times, September 27, 2009)
• A plan to add supermarkets to poor areas, with healthy results (New York Times, September 23, 2009)
• Bike commuting surges in Portland, Census finds (The Oregonian, September 23, 2009)
• To help slow traffic, planners pick beige (San Francisco Chronicle, September 23, 2009)
• Dutch help Bay Area plan for sea level rise (San Jose Mercury News, September 22, 2009)
• Making Suburbia More Livable (The Wall Street Journal, September 19, 2009)
• In Phoenix, Weekend Users Make Light Rail a Success (New York Times, September 19, 2009)
• As City Grows More Bike-Friendly, Restaurants Consider the Benefits (The Village Voice, September 17, 2009)
• Palm Springs wants to fill vacant storefronts with art (Los Angeles Times, September 17, 2009)
• Tour of Portland's storm-water system goes by bike, of course (Oregonian, September 17, 2009)
• Panhandling bans hurt some fundraisers (USA Today, September 16, 2009)
• New York eyes ‘no smoking’ outdoors, too (New York Times, September 14, 2009)
• Water measured from the sky (Washington Post, September 14, 2009)
• Cash strapped towns look to share services (Star-Ledger, September 12, 2009)
• Clean water laws are neglected, at a cost in suffering (New York Times, September 12, 2009)
• Boulder's SmartGridCity brings Xcel up to speed on electric picture (Denver Post, September 9, 2009)
• Study: Denser development may cut pollution (USA Today, September 8, 2009)
• Clotheslines a hang-up for some communities (USA Today, September 7, 2009)
• Surge in homeless pupils strains schools (New York Times, September 5, 2009)
• One man’s trash … (New York Times, September 3, 2009)
• Amid face-lift, Kenton values small-town feel (Oregonian, September 3, 2009)
• Cities brace for a prolonged bout of declining tax revenues (Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2009)
• Anger builds over fees: Newly raised permit costs add to local construction industry's woes, critics say (Columbian, September 1, 2009)