- Bushnell Park, Hartford, CT Celebrates 150th Anniversary
The Hartford Courant In an early urban renewal effort, the city cleared an area of slums to create Bushnell Park, hoping to provide a public place where the rich and poor could mingle. (January 5)
- Wisconsin Groups Launch Online Farmers Market
Business Journal of Milwaukee In an effort to boost sales, several Wisconsin groups launched a website that provides links to state farmers’ and food producers’ websites. (January 5)
- New Grocery Concept Features Small Stores and Fresh Foods
Indianapolis Star Marsh Supermarkets’ new chain of smaller stores that are similar to neighborhood markets will provide fresh foods, and leave smaller footprints on the community. (January 14)
- Revised Design for the World Trade Center Memorial Unveiled
Washington Post Improvements to the plan include adding landscaping and other elements to change the previously barren plaza into more of a park. (January 14)
- Proposed Brooklyn Basketball Arena Likely to Draw Lawsuits
NY Newsday A community group and several co-ops vow to file suits against the plan to use eminent domain, saying that the project is not for public use, since it is being built by a private developer and admission would be charged. (January 15)
- Arizona Residents Favor Transit Tax
The Arizona Republic While residents are willing to be taxed to improve transportation, some are unsure whether the money should be invested in light rail. (January 15)
- Old L.A. Reservoir May Be the Site for a New Park
Los Angeles Times While conservationists and community groups previously could not agree, they are unifying behind a proposal to turn the site into a public nature preserve. (January 15)
- Pocket Park Gives Touch of Green to L.A. Neighborhood
Los Angeles Times Bimini Park was designed to re-create the ecology of the area 100 years ago in a dense neighborhood of apartment buildings and strip malls. (January 16)
- Are Trails and High-Speed Rails Compatible?
National Center For Bicycling And Walking Safe and useful trail facilities can be located next to high speed rail, when safety measures are taken to reduce wind and kicked-up dust and debris. (January 18)
- Boston Area Uses Dutch Traffic Calming Concept
The Boston Globe The Dutch concept "woonerf" blends the realms for the pedestrian and the car, and is catching on in Boston. (January 18)
- Boston’s Big Dig Parks Projects Facing Delays
Boston Globe Most of the 300 acres of parks that were promised to the City may not be finished for another year raising concerns that they’ll be forgotten altogether. (January 24)
- Grand Plans for Brooklyn Basketball Arena
Washington Post The proposed site for the project sits at the crossroad of three handsome neighborhoods where brownstones routinely sell for $1.5 million, restaurants long ago went gourmet, and affordable housing disappears at an alarming rate. (January 26)
- North Dakota Ag Department Promoting Farmers Markets
Montana Forum A successful market in Fargo has convinced state officials that similar events could work in other towns. (January 27)
- Gehry Unveils Plans for Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto
New York Times City leaders hope that the first Gehry building in Toronto – his hometown – will raise the city’s profile with the “Bilbao effect.” (January 29)
