Describes results of waste diversion initiatives and other achievements.

This is a piece done by the National Housing Conference and the Center for Housing Policy, and it deals with the effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009(...)

Englewood’s Strategic Plan Element creates and implements the city’s economic development vision.

Solar Cities is a joint project of the cities of Livermore, Pleasanton, and Dublin that is focused on educating consumers about residential solar energy.

Because storage is often a barrier to increasing bicycle usage, the City of Roseville created a bicycle parking and rack guide for developers and businesses.

<p><i>by Frank Benest </i><br>
<p>Many local governments across the United States have been forced to downsize in response to the ongoing recession, reduced revenues, and skyrocketing health care and other employee-benefit costs. To aggravate matters, some states have shifted money away from local governments to solve their own budgetary problems. Whatever the reasons, local government executives face more than a financial challenge in cutting budgets. An even bigger dilemma for executives is the leadership challenge of crafting a new and vital future for the downsizing organization. <br>