Is a community like a turtle? Former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, Jaime Lerner, speaks on building sustainable cities-lessons for Northampton
From TEDTalks: "For many city governments seeking visible improvements in their congested streets, the pace of change is measured in months and years. For Jaime Lerner, it’s measured in hours. As mayor of Curitiba, he transformed a gridlocked commercial...Potential lawsuit in Northampton over landfill leachate
The following letter was sent to Mayor Mary Clare Higgins on May 30, 2008. Click here to view a PDF file of exhibits 1-6 which accompanied said letter. ENGEL & SCHULTZ, LLP. Attorneys at Law 265 Franklin Street, Suite 1801 Boston, MA 02110-2704 Peter L. Koff Of...Term limit for the council president voted down
This Thursday night the city council will take up a proposed addition to its rules as proposed by current council president James Dostal. During his last campaign he pledged to propose a limit on how long a councilor may serve as president of that body. In my view...Landfill forum resolution un-tabled, voted down
On the agenda for Thursday night’s (tonight’s) city council meeting at 7:15 under new business is a request from at large city councilor Michael Bardsley to remove tabling of the resolution regarding city council responsibility for holding public meetings...E-Edition
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