Bloghopping: Great Places and Green Marketing

I've been putting this feature together for several weeks now, and over that period have stumbled across some very interesting bits and pieces on the great many (and many great) land use and development-themed blogs out there. It is fairly evident which blogs have top billing on my feed reader. But I'd like to start off today by posing a question to the readers of this piece -- what are some of your favorite land use/development/real estate/architecture/design blogs? Let us know in the comments section of this post.

This week:

• Governing magazine's Will Wilson went to a neighborhood focus group, and found out that people want to shop and socialize in gritty alternative neighborhoods, even if they themselves are neither gritty nor alternative.
• A Daily Dose of Architecture tips us off to the upcoming Great Chicago Places and Spaces event. (And I would be remiss if I didn't note ULI's Spring Council Forum, which is taking place next week in Chicago and will feature many interesting tours and mobile workshops in addition to the great keynote speakers and panel discussions. Keep an eye on The Ground Floor for complete coverage of the event, links to webcasts, and more.)
• The good folks over at CEOs for Cities reminds us of the Miami 21 effort, led by Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, to create a form-based code for the city.
• And finally, Sam Newberg over at Joe Urban points us in the direction of a great marketing piece one development firm put together highlighting the green features of their new rowhouse community. It's easy to understand, and a good model for other developers seeking to communicate the sustainable aspects of their developments.

Comments

[Land Planning Solutions]

my favorites... theres so many -
landscape arch stuff @
http://whisperingcraneinstitute.wordpress.com/
http://www.oclandscape.com/ocblog/
http://www.asla.org/land/dirt/blog/index.cfm
http://gardendesignonline.typepad.com/gardendesignonline/

hope some people like those, i would love to see other suggestion - eRic

[Elizabeth]

Planetizen always provides a solid roundup of planning and development related articles with a few quirky stories thrown into the mix.
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