Region Forward Blog Now that the debt deal is done how can our region prepare for coming changes? August 2, 2011 Congress has approved and the President has signed a new budget agreement that will raise the nation’s debt ceiling and reduce government spending. Now that...
Region Forward Blog Investing in clean energy is a no-brainer (even for those climate change deniers) July 18, 2011 The latest unemployment figures were not at all positive – job creation was far below the level necessary to start getting a significant number of Americans...
Region Forward Blog Global Fridays: The long line survival kit edition July 15, 2011 We have a feeling that you may find yourself waiting in a very long line today or sometime this weekend (there’s some major movie thing going on) so today’s...
Region Forward Blog Planning for regional sustainability – at every level July 12, 2011 Kaid Benfield has a great piece over at his blog on NRDC today about the importance of “place” in sustainability. Benfield notes that when planning for how...
Region Forward Blog Climate change = next horror genre? Cities (do not) = crime. Transportation priorities: people or cars? It's a RF smorgasbord! July 11, 2011 It’s been a while since the last edition so we figured it’s time for another Region Forward smorgasbord – a collection of some our favorite and/or most read...