Summer issue of YES! Magazine
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Have you ever seen a favorite place give way to a shopping mall or a neighborhood coffee shop get boarded up? Outside our cities, great places are turning into sprawl, while inside cities, poor neighborhoods suffer from abandoned buildings and lots. The summer issue of YES! magazine "What Makes a Great Place?" www.yesmagazine.org tells how people are changing this around. Some communities are installing green roofs, urban farms, and 6-story high murals. Others are building community where it didn't exist -- by making connections and sharing resources. If you want to explore this topic with friends and neighbors, check out the *Web-Only* discussion guide at www.yesmagazine.org/discuss34.htm or watch a film from the Film Connection www.thefilmconnection.org/progr...fo.asp FROM THE YES! "GREAT PLACES" ISSUE ... Five Ways to a Great Place Why do some parks, main streets, and town centers become alive with activity and fun, while others become magnets for crime or traffic jams? www.yesmagazine.org/placesmadden.htm The New City Beautiful It can happen in your neighborhood: Streetscapes blooming with wildflowers, industrial waterfronts transformed into parks, and creeks once again dancing with salmon. A green urban renaissance is growing. www.yesmagazine.org/placeslyman.htm Cities For All: An Interview with Angela Glover Blackwell Policies that fight sprawl, says Angela Glover Blackwell, could bring new life to cities and inner-ring suburbs, diversify our neighborhoods, and save the environment. Read about this new movement creating livable communities that welcome people of all races, ages, and incomes. www.yesmagazine.org/placesblackwell.htm - JEN , posted 05/31/05 |
Summer issue of YES! Magazine was recommended for:
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