My latest piece for Empire State Future is about the astonishing over-retailing of Upstate New York. Despite flat or even negative population growth in Upstate’s regions, new retail is coming on line at a steady clip. Most of this new retail is chain/franchise and big box stores. For example: despite having no more doughnut eaters [...]
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Green Village Consulting is Evan Lowenstein, a Rochester, New York resident with degrees in Communication Studies (B.A.) and Urban & Environmental Planning (Masters) from the University of Virginia. Evan brings expertise, experience, and energy to the quest for sustainable development. He has fifteen years of experience in community and land use planning, community development, civic engagement, and environmental education. [read more…] Archives
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- American Planning Association
- An Inconvenient Truth
- E-Podunk: The Power of Place
- Green Communities Assistance Kit (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
- Henry George Foundation: Advocates for Progressive Property Taxation
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- Institute for Local Self-Reliance
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- Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program's Upstate New York Series
- Center for Environmental Information
- Cornell University Department of City and Regional Planning
- Empire State Future: Smart Growth for New York
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- Finger Lakes Land Trust
- Genesee Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council
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- New York Dept. of State Division of Local Government
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- RENEW New York
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