Local Democrat Takes On Cobb. Life in a Mobile Nation - Room for Debate. The ‘Serial Move’ Is an Insidious Ideal Alan Ehrenhalt, author, "The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City" It’s tempting to envision a series of hometowns tailored to an affluent American’s life cycle.
But one city really can work for every generation. Not Cutting Ties, but Adding Them Kevin Noble Maillard, law professor and author To judge families on a single detail of “stability” overlooks the diverse ways that kinfolk connect and survive. Balancing growing up and growing out. Waterloo Region Record In January, the Ontario Municipal Board made a decision that is one of the biggest threats facing our community.
It ruled against the Region of Waterloo's official plan and in favour of a few land developers with financial interests in continuing the outdated urban sprawl of the 20th century. Fortunately, regional council is standing up for our community by appealing the decision to the Ontario Divisional Court. Smart Growth: A Missing Metric. In the lead article Peter Katz (profiled here) elaborates his thoughts on fiscal analytics and growth management.
He starts with the argument, which I have embraced, that the fiscal impact of development projects is better understood by comparing revenues and costs per acre. He goes on to suggest that local governments adopt what he terms “the missing metric” — the number of years it takes property taxes to pay back a a municipality’s up-front investment to accommodate a new development project — as a tool for determining the kind of growth a community wants to encourage. Citing examples from Sarasota, Fla., Katz contends that the taxes generated by a particular mixed-use tower downtown would pay back the public investment within three years.
By comparison, a two- and three-story garden apartment complex near the Interstate would take 42 years to pay back. Home. Www.ajpmonline.org/webfiles/images/journals/amepre/AMEPRE_3860-stamped-091013.pdf.
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