Enlightened Towns Toolkit

Books, periodicals, and organizations

by Staff, Utne Reader
May-June 1997

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Congress for the New Urbanism:
Traditional urban design as a way to improve communities.
706 Sacramento St., Box 148, San Francisco, CA 94108.
http://www.cnu.org  

Ithaca Hours:
An alternative currency promoting economic self-reliance that is in wide use in Ithaca, New York.
Box 6578, Ithaca, NY 14851.
Books, periodicals and organizations
http://www.lightlink.com/hours/ithacahours/  

Self-Help Credit Union:
Provides capital for businesses and housing in low-income communities in Durham, North Carolina.
301 W. Main St., Durham, NC 27701.
http://www.self-help.com 

Alliance for Paving Moratorium:
Advocates redirecting tax dollars away from road construction to more important needs.
Box 4347, Arcata, CA 95518.
http://www.tidepool.com/~alliance/ 

1000 Friends of Oregon:
A citizen group that has been instrumental in holding the line on suburban sprawl in Portland.
534 SW Third Av., Suite 300, Portland, OR 97204.
http://www.friends.org/ 

Books  

Home from Nowhere: Remaking our Everyday world for the 21st century
by James Howard Kunstler (1996, Simon & Schuster).
An entertaining look at how to put the there-there back in our cities.

City Comforts: How to Build an Urban Village
by David Sucher (1995, City Comfort Press, http://www.citycomfort.com).
An indispensable guide outlining the numerous small details that add up to a great neighborhood.

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