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New LISC Guide Focuses on High-Impact Green Design, Capital Improvements and Operations NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is helping child care centers "go green" with a new resource guide detailing environmentally sound building and facility management practices tailored specifically to the needs of this sector. It's the latest guide from LISC's Community Investment Collaborative for Kids (CICK), a national program offering...
ELKHART, Ind. and WATERLOO, Iowa, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accessible Home Improvement of America (AHIA), a division of VGM Group, Inc, and All American Homes, LLC ("All American Homes"), a subsidiary of All American Group, Inc, announce a partnership to provide new homes designed with accessible needs in mind. AHIA consists of a nationwide network of independently owned and operated, certified providers and contractors dedicated to providing accessible home modifications and...
Research: Interventions to promote cycling: a systematic reviewMore research and evaluation are needed to determine the most effective community programmes to encourage cycling, says a study published on bmj.com today.The authors, led by Dr David Ogilvie from the Institute of Public Health in Cambridge, say that it is unclear whether community approaches to increase cycling amongst children and adults have anything more than a modest effect.Established research shows that cycling is linked to...
HOUSTON, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) along with its lead community partners from Avenue CDC in Northside and Independence Heights Redevelopment Council (IHRC) in Independence Heights will today present neighborhood revitalization plans to Mayor Annise Parker during an event focused on creating a healthier future for both areas. These comprehensive plans focus on: Rebuilding physical infrastructure and developing housing, Stimulating...
CHELSEA, Mass., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning Boston-based architecture, preservation and master-planning firm The Architectural Team has announced that managing principal Robert J. Verrier, AIA, has been honored with a 2010 American Dream lifetime achievement award for affordable housing design and construction from Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston (HHGB). According to Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston, the American Dream Award is presented to "individuals who have made a...
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Through its sustainable urban development coordinating agency, UN-Habitat, the United Nations chose the Valle San Pedro Integral and Sustainable Urban Development (DUIS, by its acronym in Spanish), located in the city of Tijuana, to be showcased on October 9th at the International Expo 2010 Shanghai. With the running theme "Better city, better life," Expo 2010 Shanghai will become the place to express a common goal: planning future urban environments...
NEW YORK, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has elected JPMorgan Chase executive Karen Parkhill to its national board of directors. LISC is the leading national community development support organization, with $9.7 billion invested in the lasting revitalization of low-income communities. Parkhill became chief financial officer of Chase Commercial Banking in 2006 after serving as a managing director in Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan,...
See this family on new YouTube video! SACAMENTO, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tim Koopmann and his family were honored in June at the annual fundraiser for the California Rangeland Trust with the third annual Conservationist of the Year Award for their life-long commitment to ranching, the environment and rangeland conservation. Tim, his wife Melinda and children Clayton and Carrisa, operate a family-run beef cattle ranch in Sunol, a small community in Alameda County. They...
SINGAPORE, July 1 /PRNewswire/ --World Cities Summit -- Clean and adequate water and clean air rank as among the current top concerns for some cities around the world - with waste management, jobs, housing, and balancing development and the environment identified as the next most pressing issues today. That is the response from a sampling of city leaders and urban planners who attended Singapore's World Cities Summit 2010, held June 28-July 1. The group surveyed represents cities on four...
Report from Land Use Experts Emphasizes Wise Implementation as Key to Success LOS ANGELES, June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A California law that requires metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to create and implement land use plans that use compact, coordinated, and efficient development patterns to reduce auto dependency could, if implemented wisely, help the state's urban regions become more economically and environmentally sustainable, according to an analysis of the law released...
