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| Dense development | Transportation regional agenda | Jan 28 2010 - 4:26pm | Architorture4 |
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| More Comments | Building transition plan | May 3 2009 - 6:36pm | Mandy Metcalf |
| Specific comments on 1.3 and 1.4 | Building transition plan | May 3 2009 - 4:57pm | Mandy Metcalf |
| notes on organization | Building transition plan | May 3 2009 - 4:38pm | Mandy Metcalf |
| Habitax | Land regional agenda | Mar 20 2009 - 7:32pm | webbedfoot |
| Energy Use Reduction starts at home | Energy regional agenda | Mar 19 2009 - 3:59pm | remarkableteam |
| turn the Galleria into a greenhouse and farmer's market | Food regional agenda | Mar 1 2009 - 12:59pm | Susan Miller |
| stimulating the USDA and grow your own | Food transition plan | Mar 1 2009 - 12:36pm | Susan Miller |
| More local food agenda items | Food regional agenda | Feb 19 2009 - 10:47am | Marc Lefkowitz |
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