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Some cities and states are looking at their budget deficits with an eye to turn some of their parks into cash. Detroit?EUR??,,????'?????<Click here) to gnaw away at the $300 million city budget deficit. The only trouble is all those little pockets would only reap about $8 million, not even enough revenue to cover a settlement against the mayor by three former city employees.

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On the Canadian front, Calgary is looking to further develop its historic founding site, Fort Calgary, into a key part of the downtown open space (Click here).

Cemeteries often exhibit park-like qualities. There is a memorial design competition underway for a historic ?EUR??,,????'?????<Click here). There are a number of Freedman?EUR??,,????'?????<

Also in the category ?EUR??,,????'?????<Click here). The garden was 10 years in the making, with craftsmen from Suzhou, China working alongside an American contingent.

Other news:

Legislation recently passed in California directs efforts to keep future home and commercial developments out of flood zones in the Central Valley without proper flood protection in place (Click here).

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California, Detroit and Dallas all look like they could take a few budget lessons from Brooklyn Park, Minn., which is putting money aside to fund city projects 50 years into the future (Click here).

The U.S Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA are pushing wetland mitigation banks, but there are mounting concerns that the system is not working properly. It?EUR??,,????'?????<Click here).

After more than two years, Princeton University has just completed its most comprehensive campus plan in its history (Click here). The complete plan is online.

Colo. Gov. Bill Ritter, the man who signed the state?EUR??,,????'?????<Click here).

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has reversed its earlier position that landscape architects were not qualified to design stormwater BMPs (Click here).

The ASLA has outlined its climate change recommendations (Click here).

The Illinois ASLA Chapter recently presented its 2007 professional award winners (Click here).

The planning book, Visualizing Density, is winning awards and accolades (Click here).

The Iranian Association of Greenery Engineers has joined the International Federation of Landscape Architects (Click here).