It has been almost one month since the City of Phoenix adopted a voluntary green construction code to promote energy efficiency and sustainability in construction activities. A keystone of the code is…
One phrase has been popping up all over the editorial columns and blogs in the last week — “climate denialism,” a phrase to earmark our own fear of change for…
Americans started pinching pennies, driving less and forgetting about traffic during the recession. We became greener because we had to. Now with an economic recovery on the horizon traffic may…
While we may have just begun 2011, many industry analysts predict that the green building and sustainability movement will rebound in 2011 in spite of the continuing economic difficulties in…
Last year, the Obama administration rolled out an ambitious $8 billion program to fund 21st century transportation via high-speed rail (HSR). U.S. Secretary of Transporation, Ray LaHood, said, “High-speed-rail will…
“Living Green” has gone vogue and so has finding new creative “out of the box” ways to do so. Next month, the forward thinking Phoenix-based development firm of UpCycle Living,…
Phoenix (December 14, 2010) – The Gilbert Town Council has a big decision to make on Thursday with respect to the fate of a proposed downtown mixed use project.
Phoenix (December 10, 2010) – Ahwatukee residents are not enamored with the current Loop 202 plan in which a freeway cuts through their community and South Mountain. Those plans can…
Phoenix (December 10, 2010) – Who says that you can’t beat city hall? An effective group of Gilbert elementary school parents and residents took on that challenge…and won, with the…
Phoenix (December 6, 2010) -- Two homeowners from Mesa’s Sunland Village community questioned their homeowners association board about some of its actions and in return received a bill for nearly…
Over 100 Valley leaders convened on November 31, 2010 to develop a future vision for the West Valley in an exercise led by Leadership West. Leadership West is a volunteer-led,…
The Tempe City Council recently voted unanimously to move forward with plans to restore Papago Park and Mill Avenue. The Papago Park restoration plans focus on improvements to marketing and…
