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Native American Legal Update
Celebrating Chief Phillip Martin — “The Moses Of The Choctaws”
By Greg Guedel
Hailed as "The Moses of the Choctaws" and "The Indians' Lee Iaccoca," Phillip Martin led the Choctaw Nation of Mississippi into printing and manufacturing of auto parts and electronics at…
Land Use Prof Blog
President Obama’s New Strategy for Urban America
The President spoke recently to the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The video is here and the transcript is here. He explains his strategy as follows:Our strategy to build economically competitive,…
PropertyProf Blog
Rosser on Reservation Resources
By propertyprof
Ezra Rosser (American U.) has posted Ahistorical Indians and Reservation Resources on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This article is an in-depth exploration of the impacts of an Indian tribe deciding to…
Corporate Real Estate Law
Smart Growth Economic Development Coalition Presents “Economic Development Recovery Strategy for New Jersey” to Christie/Guadagno Administration and 214th Legislature
Proposal’s Aims to Attract, Retain Businesses and Residents; Promote Long-Term, Sustainable Growth NEWARK, NJ -- Today, the Smart Growth Economic Development Coalition – a collaborative group of 22 state-wide business, industry…
RedevelopNJ
Smart Growth Economic Development Coalition Presents “Economic Development Recovery Strategy for New Jersey” to Christie/Guadagno Administration and 214th Legislature
By Ted Zangari
Proposal’s Aims to Attract, Retain Businesses and Residents; Promote Long-Term, Sustainable Growth NEWARK, NJ -- Today, the Smart Growth Economic Development Coalition – a collaborative group of 22 state-wide business, industry and…
Arkansas Electric Energy Law
Renewable Energy Incentives Historically and Economically Justified
I recently read comments by Forrest Lucas, the owner of Lucas Oil (which has its name on the stadium where the Indianapolis Colts play), opposing the construction of a biomass generating…
Land Use Prof Blog
George Will on Atlantic Yards & Eminent Domain
George Will wrote a column for the Washington Post titled "Avaricious developers and governments twist the meaning of 'blight.'" Will discusses the Atlantic Yards project (which we have blogged about)…
Land Use Prof Blog
Malanga’s Take on “Feral Detroit”
Steven Malanga, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the senior editor of the City Journal, has offered some interesting commentary recently on the state of Detroit's abandoned buildings (over…
RedevelopNJ
Smart Growth Coalition Unveils “Economic Development Recovery Strategy” for New Jersey
By Ted Zangari
The Smart Growth Economic Development Coalition has presented a report to the incoming Christie/Guadagno Administration in which it recommends 21 action items to reenergize New Jersey's economy. The report can be…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrants Can Revitalize Detroit Neighborhoods
From the Detroit News:This month Time magazine has been running a contest to see which advertising agency produces the hippest campaign to attract young creative Americans to live in Detroit.…