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Mar 31 2024
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Urban roads, new greenways: Public input sought for future west Sarpy transportation plan
Land-use planners expect that, by 2050, the largely rural area from Schram Road south to the Platte River, and from Papillion to Gretna, will add 28,000 residents and 18,000 new jobs. “Right now, it’s very rural,” said Jim Boerner, a transportation planner with the Metropolitan Area Planning Agency. “But it’s already growing, with industrial and residential development.” All that growth will
Lincoln Journal StarApr 26 2024
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High Costs, Safety Fears Leave Urban Nightlife in Decline
In a recent post on X, Mayor Sadiq Khan boasted that London "is leading the world in its 24-hour-policy." But critics were quick to point out that the city’s nightlife is in decline. Thousands of nightclubs, bars and restaurants across the metro region have shut down since 2020. And experts say the deterioration long precedes Covid. It also echoes far beyond London and the UK. From Montreal to
BloombergApr 27 2024
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Local organizations fight to plant and preserve urban trees on Arbor Day
When construction for a water line running through the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side displaced a row of trees John Holden, president of the Edgewater Historical Society, said locals were shocked and confused by the removals. The outcry stemmed from most of the uprooted trees being more than 50 years old and cherished for their significant benefits, Holden said. The removals led some
Chicago TribuneApr 17 2024
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Asheville urban farm at risk of dismantling, community asked to support
ASHEVILLE - Farm manager Chloe Moore is in a season of cultivating the rows of vegetables, fruit and herbs grown at Southside Community Farm to help feed neighbors in the neighborhood and other residents in need. This spring, rainbow chard, kale, parsley, cilantro, onions and culinary herbs are ready for harvest. Carrots, potatoes, beets, peas, strawberries, lettuce and assorted greens are
Asheville Citizen-TimesMar 22 2024
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Urban Renewal Agency adjusts budget
During a recent meeting, the Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency addressed its budget adjustments, necessitated by the failure of the 2017 sales tax to be extended. As a result of this outcome, the agency is implementing changes in its routine operations. The tax expires at the end of September, but the agency is already wrapping up some of its work. Executive Director Chandra Griffin informed the
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteApr 15 2024
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Chicago's Kenwood Academy wins title at Urban Debate National Championship
Over the weekend, the wind blowing in from Lake Michigan spread the sweet smell of blooming hyacinths across Northwestern University's campus. As a number of students walked to class on a beautiful spring day and filed into their lecture, the sound of lively discussions about U.S. economic policy and social systems filled a room nearby. What they heard was not a high-level theory class, but
NewsweekApr 23 2024
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Urban and rural Utah must work together to keep Utah's economy rolling, experts say
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's economy remains strong, but intrinsically tied factors such as workforce shortages and housing affordability are looming challenges that require attention if the Beehive State wants to maintain its standing as the nation's best economy. This and the economic relationship between rural and urban Utah were the themes of a discussion between economists, business leaders
KSLApr 22 2024
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Miami-Dade County’s urban tree project unable to shade residents from record heat
After checking in at an urgent care clinic, the twenty-something was diagnosed with a condition called pulmonary edema, a buildup of excess fluid in the lungs. She was advised to avoid the heat because her diagnosis makes her more susceptible to heat exhaustion or heat stroke. In her Hialeah neighborhood, the St. Thomas University student with a passion for gardening and nature is confronted
Miami HeraldApr 08 2024
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Fayetteville Urban Ministry sets up shop at Dreamville Fest this weekend
Fayetteville Urban Ministry sets up shop at Dreamville Fest this weekend RALEIGH — One of Fayetteville's most notable nonprofit organizations set up shop with a booth at this year's Dreamville Festival, taking donations and informing the community about its services. Fayetteville Urban Ministry, a 50-year-old nonprofit in Fayetteville, was at Dreamville by D'Angelio Scott, the nonprofit's
The Fayetteville ObserverApr 10 2024
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The urban-rural death divide is getting alarmingly wider for working-age Americans
In the 1960s and 1970s, people who lived in rural America fared a little better than their urban counterparts. The rate of deaths from all causes was a tad lower outside of metropolitan areas. In the 1980s, though, things evened out, and in the early 1990s, a gap emerged, with rural areas seeing higher death rates—and the gap has been growing ever since. By 1999, the gap was 6 percent. In 2019
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