» Monthly Archives: January 2007

Nimbyists Grow Stronger
January/February 2007 Electric Perspectives Results from the 2006 Saint Index may not be surprising, but it is worth reporting that Americans are strongly opposed—and increasingly so—to several types of real-estate development projects, including biotech laboratories,landfills, power plants, quarries, and “big box” stores (like Wal-Mart). Twice as many actively oppose developmentas support it. Further, 70 ...
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The NIMBY War Cry
January 2007 Chain Store Age A year-long battle between Wal-Mart and a small-town mayor has been playing out in the pages of the Lincoln Journal-Star. The retail giant and Colleen Seng, mayor of Lincoln, Neb., first sharpened their swords when Wal-Mart announced its intentions to open a third Lincoln store in a rapidly ...
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January 9, 2007 Architectural Record Americans Getting NIMBY With It
January 9, 2007 Architectural Record For the second year in a row, Saint Consulting Group, a land-use political consultancy, has issued its Saint Index, a phone survey of 1,000 randomly chosen respondents across the U.S. The survey aims to evaluate the political climate surrounding land use, and even at this early stage, researchers have ...
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Casi-NO
January 2, 2007 The Kansas City Star The bad news: 67 percent of the American population opposes construction of a casino in their neighborhood. The good news: That’s down from 80 percent a year ago, according to the Saint Consulting Group’s annual “Saint Index,” which measures public attitudes about land-use issues. The ...
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