green cities: Fayetteville Arkansas to Get "Greener" - 11/12/10 02:57 AM
The Home Depot Foundation's Sustainable Cities Institute has awarded the City of Fayetteville $500,000 to increase long-term solutions for green planning and development. The grant will be spread over three years and will flow through National Center for Appropriate Technology. Weekly updates will be available to the public.  
Initial plans are to build 40 ENERGY STAR-certified homes in the Walker Park neighborhood.
These homes, for low- to-moderate-income families, will advance goals for healthy, affordable housing, improve access to alternative transportation corridors, and increase economic opportunity in the area.
It really is quite a deal. In addition to building to meet LEED … (0 comments)

green cities: Another "Best Places" honor for Fayetteville--Named #2 in Huffington Post’s “7 Unexpectedly Green Cities” - 08/09/10 04:59 PM
Sometimes, I think it's a good thing that NW Arkansas isn't growing as fast as it was a few years ago. It allows us to step back and take stock. We can look at what was happening then and how it affected the area and decide if that's how we want future growth to look.
One trend which has been noted and bandied about by elected officials and others is that of developing a so-called "green corridor" in NW Arkansas to try to attract clean businesses and pursue green growth concepts. And it's working. Fayetteville was just named number 2 in … (0 comments)