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• Preservation Alum Raises Awareness of Threatened American Legion Post in Virginia

  HISP graduate Sonja Ingram describes the history of this Legion Post, one of few to admit African-American soldiers in the segregation era, on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Preservation Nation blog. 

• Planning Student's Report on Pedestrian Safety Gets National Media Attention

  URSP student Lilly Shoup completed a report, "Dangerous by Design," that ranks metropolitan areas based on the relative danger of walking. The report has been discussed in the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, USA Today and National Public Radio.

• Fall 2009 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture: Wednesday, December 2, 6:15pm
  Adèle Naudè Santos, FAIA
  MIT School of Architecture and Planning | Professor and Dean

• Managing Growth With Priority Funding Areas: A Good Idea Whose Time Has Yet to Come

  A new article published in the Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA) by Rebecca Lewis, Gerrit-Jan Knaap and Jungyul Sohn examines the development, implementation and effects of Priority Funding Areas in Maryland--the key policy instrument in Maryland's pioneering approach to smart growth.

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