Excerpt from Prosperity Comes in Cycles by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Arizona has loads of sunshine, great scenery and an evolving network of bicycle trails. As...
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Trail-Based Economic Development? Missouri Shows Us How
Excerpt from Prosperity Comes in Cycles by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Bicycle trails are good for business. They attract restaurants, brewpubs and retail shops...
Slowing Down Is Good for Indianapolis
Excerpt from Prosperity Comes in Cycles by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Bicycle trails are good for business. They attract restaurants, brewpubs and retail shops...
The Swamp Rabbit Trail: Healthy Economy and Lifestyle
Excerpt from Prosperity Comes in Cycles by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Bicycle trails are good for business. They attract restaurants, brewpubs and retail shops...
The Beltline Trail — Atlanta’s Economic Development Engine
Excerpt from Prosperity Comes in Cycles by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Bicycle trails are good for business. They attract restaurants, brewpubs and retail shops...
Virginia Creeper Trail Saved Tiny Mill Town
Excerpt from Prosperity Comes in Cycles by Rick Pruetz Bicycle trails are good for business. They attract restaurants, brewpubs and retail shops catering to those who walk or...
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 27 – Ghent, Belgium: City of Smart Citizens
Ghent, a city of 260,000 people, lies 35 miles west of Brussels, where two rivers merge and flow toward the North Sea. Ghent takes pride in being named the world’s first Commons...
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 26 – Lisbon, Portugal: City of Neighborhoods
Lisbon, Portugal’s ancient capital, aims to reshape the city for people, not cars. This guiding principle grounds Lisbon’s award-winning master plan, which is steadily greening...
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 25 – Horst aan de Maas, Netherlands: Enterprising by Nature
Horst aan de Maas lies in the Province of Limburg roughly 85 miles southeast of Amsterdam. Since 2001, 16 separate communities have merged to form the consolidated municipality...
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 24: Cornella de Llobregat, Spain – Feel, Commit, Transform
Cornella de Llobregat, is a city of 86,000 people located six miles west of downtown Barcelona. The city gets part of its name from the Llobregat River which forms portions of its...