The article below, “AIA Selects 10 Cities for Sustainability Program“, by Nicholas Tamarin in Interior Design describes how the American Institute of Architects has selected 10 cities from around the USA to participate in the Sustainable Design Assessment Team, a community assistance program through which architects and local stakeholders map out a plan for sustainability. See an abstract below. For the full story visit http://www.interiordesign.net/id_newsarticle/CA6551811.html.

AIA Selects 10 Cities for Sustainability Program
by Nicholas Tamarin
Interior Design · April 15, 2008
“Cities receiving technical assistance under the program include: Detroit; Tampa; New Orleans; Fort Worth; Windsor, California; Morristown, New Jersey; Parma, Ohio; Fellsmere, Florida; Kauai, Hawaii; and Leon Valley, Texas. The SDAT review panel chose the communities based on applications outlining the economic, environmental, and social challenges facing their regions. Detroit, for example, is hoping to address water conservation, land use, affordable housing, and urban decline, while Tampa is working on revitalizing its urban core, a multi-modal transit system, and affordable housing. Other issues facing the various municipalities range from historic preservation and outdated zoning codes to building community parks and pedestrian-friendly corridors.

“The SDAT program is in its third year and continues to help communities address neighborhood revitalization, transportation infrastructure challenges, as well as offer sound strategies to improve air and water quality, and local economic development,” says David Downey, managing director of the AIA Center for Communities by Design.”"

For the full story visit http://www.interiordesign.net/id_newsarticle/CA6551811.html.