Category: Smart Growth

Senator Allen’s National Heritage Area Threatens to Disproportionately Harm Minorities

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. - Legislation introduced by Senator George Allen (R-VA) and Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) to create a federal "National Heritage Area" that encompasses portions of Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania is likely to disproportionately harm minority families in ...
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National Heritage Areas: A Debate Among Virginians

ConservativeBlog.org /
In writing us today, Mr. David Spearman (letter below) doesn't indicate which article he's writing about, but based on the context and the reference to Chancellorsville, I'm assuming its this one, or one of our other recent articles about the ...
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“Smart Growth” Policies Hurt, by Ryan Balis

National Policy Analysis #539 /
It is not uncommon to find workers in the Washington, DC area who suffer a two-hour commute each way to their jobs.  Some travel from as far as West Virginia or Pennsylvania.1  In many cases, the cause is not preference ...
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The Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area: An Example of How Pork-Barrel Politics Can Threaten Local Rule and Property Rights, by Peyton Knight

National Policy Analysis #540 /
Just one year after the U.S. Supreme Court's dreadful Kelo v. City of New London decision that sparked a national outcry against government eminent domain abuse, some in Congress are preparing to bring a new threat to property owners in ...
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Portland Home Prices: Higher Than Necessary?

An Oregon Congressman apparently is offended by National Center Policy Analyst Ryan Balis' observation in the Washington Post that "smart growth" anti-sprawl policies in Portland, Oregon have tended to push housing costs higher. The Congressman responds with his own letter ...
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Containing Sprawl: The True Cost

National Center Policy Analyst Ryan Balis has a letter in the Washington Post today on the cost of containing sprawl. As per usual with environmentalist schemes, the cost of "smart growth" anti-sprawl initiatives tends to be borne by those who ...
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Ecoterrorist Hate Crimes on the Increase

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BACKGROUND: The Earth Liberation Front is taking responsibility for arson fires at three construction sites in an area in San Diego that had been used for agricultural purposes.1 This is the fifth arson attack against construction sites for which ELF ...
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New Study Says Minorities and Poor Harmed by Anti-Sprawl Policies

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Policies to combat sprawl penalize minorities, the poor, urban families and the young, says a new econometrics report being released at a November 21 Washington policy conference by the Center for Environmental Justice of The National Center for Public Policy ...
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Environmental Justice Study to Be Released November 21

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A new econometrics report will be released at a November 21 Washington policy conference by the Center for Environmental Justice of The National Center for Public Policy Research. The study, "Smart Growth and Its Effects on Housing Markets" examined this ...
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Smart Growth Tosses a White Hood Over Black Homeownership, by Kevin Martin

New Visions Commentary /
When one imagines liberal environmental activists, the stereotype is one of tie-dyed followers of the Grateful Dead. These days, environmental activism is big business. Well-paid heads of green groups more likely choose Bruno Maglis over Birkenstocks. But some of the ...
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